Clock work orange - Final deigns.

Once i achieved a successful full composition, i began to further test colour combinations. The red/pink/orange design is the most successful and fitting in my opinion; i still feel the other examples work, they just perhaps don't have the same impact.

I created some mock up designs to better realise my final resolutions;

Overall i am happy with my final design, and feel that it is an appropriate solution to the brief. I think the colour palette forms a cohesive aesthetic, and suitable fits the violent and disturbing theme of the design. Simplifying the colour palette and background was definitely a good decision. The face and transitions into the background with much more ease, while the the stronger contrast of red and pinks help move draw your eye to the title text. Keeping it simple means there are less distractions and the image is much more striking and cohesive. Although i feel the composition could have been pushed further as i felt a little rushed towards the end, I am really pleased with the realisation of my concept. It is one that i feel best represents my interpretation of the book/film, and after struggling initially, I am pleased with the way i managed to encompass different emotions and ideas into one flowing image.

• in terms of the composition - after revisiting the image, i think if re doing, i would play around with the positioning of the hands. - the one reach over his head bothers me as i don't feel that it fits as well with the flow to the others. - it kind of looks like hair?
• i think looking closer at the text - i think the texture perhaps makes it difficult to read. Perhaps softening the texture underneath would have been a way to solve this? being in a rush to hand in was not idea, as i missed details like these.
  - There were times in the process in which i felt quite lost with the direction of the work, and a bit unsure of things. I think a lot of this has to do with me rushing into the final front cover design without a real idea of what i wanted the back cover and type to be. I should have sketched out the entire book sleeve design as a rough before editing perhaps, as i then found it difficult to create and combine all the separate elements digitally without a rough guide of the desired entire composition. 
• - Perhaps some colour texts by hand would also have been useful? it took me a while to come up with a combination with the right balance as subtlety. although a lot of this was to do with layers and opacity.