ok ive gotten the type on the back situated as well as the silhouette. That took days lol but its fixed the best way that i could get it. i still am going to play around with it some more if i see that it needs it. I am going to start working on the image that is going through the silhouette so that it will be finished when i go to print and cut it out.
For the red and green it basically is similar to the concept behind the cover with the silhouette. I want to focus on Gatsby's love for daisy and the green light that he stared at which was her house across the docks. The city of new york symbolizes peoples desire to make their dreams come true and New York is the city where dreams are made of. The red in the city symbolizes passion and this is what people have in the city and when they see it. New York City inspires people. However the green in the empire state building represents Gatsby's desire. Its supposed to be a play off of the green light in the silhouette to give the back and front some unity. Red and Green are compliments of each other so i thought that contrast would help in the concept; however, i am still fond of the white and black. I need insight and help on which direction i should go with. im open for any suggestions. i stilll need to play with the type on the side but im trying to keep things clean and different from any Great Gatsby book.
1 comments:
First off, love the new look for the blog! Now you don't have to hear me rant so much about the legibility. *laughs*
Second, I like the direction you're going for with the book cover, having the silhouette expanding from the back to the front.
The problems I have with some ideas you have are this:
1. Get this fixed immediately (it's a quickie). The arrangement on the spine is wrong. If you were to lay the book upright where you'll see the front cover, the words on the spine will be upside down. It's a common mistake made on some books and even CD cases...so make sure you fix that as soon as possible, so that it won't be a problem down the road.
2. I am a bit skeptical with the modern picture of New York in the background. It's one thing if you had the New York setting of which the story took place...but for something that's reminiscent of the recent look of New York...that's not helping the book cover at all. Readers will be surprised that the story takes place in the 1920s...not the 20th or 21st Century.
3. The negative space of the building being in between the paragraph would be a huge type no no. It looks cool, breaking the rules I'm all for, but I don't know if the passionate typographers would like it really. :/
4. I don't think this would be a problem per se. The building with the green outline, and black fill, I'm not feeling it as much. It's the only one that's like that, and it's not really relating itself to the rest of the design. That's just me on this one.
5. This is not a problem either, but a challenge/suggestion: Maybe you can move "the man" illustration elsewhere on the cover, just so it doesn't stay there forever. Maybe you can find another place where it can work well....or not. If not, then it has a perfect reason for being there. You could also try other poses if you find something just as striking as the one you have right now. :) Just a thought.
Continue to push bro. And oh, maybe some more color to the cover? :P ;)
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