Book Cover Scamp Ideas

I did a number of book cover first scamp ideas which I attempted to piece together in my head. These are my first drafts. From here I narrowed down the book cover that I wanted to make for my final piece.

Book Cover Subject Matter Drawings

I did a number of subject matter drawings in order to become more familiar with my chosen subject. I also knew I was going to be doing drawings, so I did lots in order to practise.

Contact Sheet w/ annotations

Panoramas

I used the 'Panorama' feature on my iPhone to create these very interesting wide shots of the environment.

I like how the green of the leaves blends with the dead autumn ferns on the ground. The rocks also sit up above the trees, which is the look I was hoping for.

From this panorama, it's possible to see both walls to either side of a cave from standing inside, this wouldn't be possible with a normal picture.

This panorama gives a much wider shot from the cave the previous picture was taken from. It gives an interesting darkness to the cave that I like.

Book Cover Conventions of the Form

I made this presentation in order to see the conventions of a book cover in hope that it would help me with creating my own.

Book Cover Scamps - Others (12)

SCAMPS

Scamps are ideas. Ideas are easier to come up with once you have scamps to go off of. These scamps were copied from images of book covers, some famous, some not so. Some are of magazine covers which typically contain the same amount of content as a book cover does, so they work just as well.

Similar Book Covers (Pinterest Screenshots)

I used Pinterest to gather subject matter and similar book covers to look at and use as examples for my work.

Book Cover Brainstorm

In order to gather ideas for my book cover I created this brainstorm. It was useful, I now know what I want to make my book cover about.

In this brainstorm, I focused around Order and Disorder, Fact and Fiction. This allowed me to brainstorm a wide variety of topics and subjects.