Book Cover

For the book cover, I photoshopped an image that was originally in full color. This served as the background with red serif text dominating the foreground: the use of a serif font creates a bolder statement.

Colors used/related emotions:

• Silver = femininity
• Red = danger, passion, fire
• Brown = orderliness, earthiness

In my discussion of the design concepts present in this book cover, I will analyze each element, working from background to foreground. I took a picture of an eye and juxtaposed this with its mirror image, thereby utilizing symmetrical balance--where images have the same or nearly the same mass--to further emphasize the differences between these two images.

I faded out and blurred the color in the background so as to create a silver background--thus establishing the concept of femininity. Then I increased the contrast on the brown iris; the color brown typically indicates a feeling of earthiness and orderliness. Thus this creates a sort of contrast with the chaotic red text. The red text likely appears foremost within the depth of this image, emphasizing the concepts of danger, fire, and vitality.