Further development

Type

type is something that i hadn't really explored too much in my initial ideas. I think that working with type at an earlier stage in design process would have been beneficial; working with both at he same time would make it easier to create a cohesive flow’ between imagery and type. - as text is an important part of the brief, its integral that the two combined will make a strong composition.
I began to play around with type in photoshop over my image, trying to come up with creative solutions in linking the two together.

I decided i wanted to hand draw the type as I've been inspired my many book covers that have done this. Its a very current trend at the moment, and i feel that it can instantly make a cover instantly more interesting and unique.

I also feel that hand painted/drawn type will fit well withe the chaotic, and violent theme of the book. I aim to use the twisted flow and positioning of the arms to inspire the style of the type. It would be interesting to try and connect the fingers with the lettering almost like its been clawed.

After testing int photoshop with the paint bris, i crested a hand drawn, neater version and scanned in to colorise in the same way as my illusyrtaion.

- process; removing the background and speerating words into layers.* - using the multiply layer option to colour the lettering.
 *by this point i have so many layers - for future ref, its really useful to colour code and label appropriately!

• rescaling and repositioning the lettering, and using the rubber and paint tool to neatern the join between type and illsurtaion for a more cohesive image.
• Initially i worried that the type would be too small, but I am happy with the final composition, i think the type fits well with the imagery. Although not the largest book title, your eye is drawn to the text because of how its framed and sits within the surrounding illustration.
• this worked successfully so did the same process for the aurhter name.

The spine;

• I used the same text and adapted it to feature on the spine. I wanted to keep this simple and only included ‘The clockwork orange” and ‘Anthony Burges’. I think the bold lettering is enough to make it stand out. It also includes a snippet of the arm curling around the to the back cover.

Back cover

The back cover of the book, was also something that i hadn't considered too much in the initial designing process which would have been beneficial interred of rushing into the final cover design, but i struggle for ideas. i think editing the cover to a standard i am happy with it has provided me with more inspiration of how a back cover could evolve from this design.

• i wanted the front cover to flow around to the back. I thought of adapting exiting elements within the front design to link the two. 
• Drawing out the entire book sleeve dimensions helped me plan out a flowing composition. I created a new pair of extending and distorted arms, which i used to frame the cover face and move around to the back of the sleeve
• I think these hands help to really tie the composition together on the cover. I felt it was a little empty previous to this edition, but i think it really helps to frame the face and balance out the space.
• Mirroring the design on the back i was able to create a fluent composition that successfully frames the additional text and labels in which I needed to add onto the design.

Final Cover