Summary of the Brief

This is the second project in the first year of this course. I need to create a book cover for either "The Big Sleep" or "The Wind in the Willows" and then also rework the design to form an A2 poster that is marketing the re-launch of the book. 

• The big sleep is a fictional story about a detective who is hired by a wealthy elderly man to help him with a problem. Whilst investigating this problem he witnesses a murder and is plunged into new depths.

• The wind in the willows is a fictional children's book which focusses on woodland creatures in a rural English town. There are many different themes that can be gleamed from the book one of the more prominent ones is that of class struggle.

Obviously the two books have hugely different themes and evoke very different emotions. This will mean that the art style will be hugely different as will the ideas generated for it. The book cover must reflect the content and feel of the book and must be eye catching and evocative. Every aspect has to be carefully considered including the spine. This is the part of the book people will see in the book stores over the front cover or rear of the book as books are stacked so that the spine is on display.