Below are my final book covers for the Illustrating An Idea project. The first part of the process was to create three theme image compositions for three different stories. The second part was to create a cover for each story based off of the theme compositions and the story in general. I struggled a lot in the beginning with designing the theme compositions but I feel that it really came together when I designed the covers. It seemed as if the story came alive with the covers, creating the emotions that I wanted to associate with the stories. I feel that the emotions associated with Edgar Allan Poe and each story are just as important as the plot itself. One of the main style elements that is repeated in Poe's work is a dark, eerie, and off settling feeling. His work is normally read more often near Halloween, so I definitely wanted to keep that within my covers. I also wanted to keep the themes evident through the use of an image, object, or color scheme from the three themes.
From the first and only class critique on my book covers, the response was fairly positive. I had two solid designs, that needed no work. "The Tell-Tale Heart" cover was the only cover that still needed work done post critique. The main changes that needed to happen was editing the layout of the title and author.
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
themes: suffering/depression, fear/unknown, torture
"Silence: a Fable"
themes: control, insecurity, solitude
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
themes: guilt, time/change, identity
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