Stock:
The use of stock with my design is incredibly important as I want to ensure that it has an older aura to it. I looked at various white/cream/brown/neutral shades of stock including some I had ordered as samples from GF Smith too. However through comparing them to some of the older versions of the text some of them seemed either too yellow, too white, too dark so I tried my design printed onto a few different examples to see how it would look (see below).
The design:
It was suggested that the design needed some space around the top and bottom because it felt too fixed and formal therefore I did a few thumbnails of ideas on how I could combat this in the most relevant and effective way.
Development of layout:
I tried the book cover with moving the type to the top and bottom thus adding space around the illustration and type however I feel the type at the top and bottom feels more balanced and looks much better now space has been added to it.
Before/after:
Printing onto different stocks:
I found as expected that the white was too harsh and I needed something softer however when looking at off white stocks in the library they seemed incredibly yellow and not authentic at all. However I did find a much thicker ivory coloured textured stock which had a similar thickness to water colour stock- this would be perfect for my design as the colour is authentic looking and the small amount of texture will compliment the illustration and type used too.
Design ready for print:
In terms of continuing my design into a full book cover jacket I wanted to ensure that is was still quite minimal as the front cover as many theoretical books seem quite full and busy. I have simplified the type on the front and back to ensure there is as little as possible and have introduced the red colour onto the spine so this breaks up the front and back. The block colour with red and the ivory would stand out on the shelf as the spine is quite bright too.
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