Evaluation Unit 2

Final Book Cover

Colour Scheme

I have being experimenting with colour on one of my draft, giving me ideas for my final design.

This is my analogous copy using blue, green and a very desaturated green.      

This is my complementary colours using green and red. I should have desaturated the red helping the green to stand out from the background.

This is monochromic colour scheme, using different shades of green. I used a prismatic green for the pig in the centre making it stand out. The other colours I used is muted greens from the centre of the colour wheel.

This is my triadic colour scheme, using green,orange and purple. I think the green and the orange need to be desaturated as they are bringing focus away from the pig in the centre.

Print Analysis

Draft ideas

These are some draft idea for my final piece. I have tried to include different ideas such as origami animals, or use of all text pieces.

C.R.A.P Analysis

Draft

These are my drafts which I have done from my scamp copies adding more detail and in some cases changing/improving them.

This is the original scamp which I will be drafting from, and the screenshots below are my different draft attempts and how I developed to my final draft.

This was my first attempt of my draft which is quite similar to my scamp copy. I added an extra image trying to show some of the features of the book, showing the reader some of the major objects which will be read about. I also changed how I laid out the font as I wanted the 'Wall St' to be in the same font as the sign in New York, and also added a contrasting font to show my understanding of fonts but also to show how different these two things are. I feel there is very little contrast between fonts and images, or any poetic matter in this piece so in the next I do I will try to change these problems.

I then decided to change the cover of my book with a different font for the title, which I made styled like origami made of money. I also removed the pictures from the front of the cover as I wanted to have a mature and and simplistic cover but still able to get a basic idea on what the book is about, but I also changed the author name with a black box around it to make it stand out as the book is based around him. I have changed the fonts to add some contrast to my work and also changed some images to make the reader think more when analysing the cover. I will continue to try and improve this in my next draft. 

I have now removed all the older images with filters as I felt I could have a more simplistic cover by putting smaller yet more puzzling and poetic images such as the smashed champagne bottle. Some people would think it may represent how his life smashes into pieces, but also the reference to the boats/yachts included in the book. I also put the blurb into one complete paragraph also following the simplistic look. I feel the back page is a bit bare compared to the other parts of the cover so I will try and adds some extra piece to make the cover more enjoyable. 

This is my final draft cover design which I am happy with. I have added a gold picture frame around Jordan Belfort on the author information. This is because it makes the reader question why, but after reading the quote I have also added from inside the book which explains the point of his importance. I have also made the blurb small by removing the unnecessary information focusing on the main parts of the book.