At the end I had a few ideas how I'd like my book cover to look like, it was just a case of presenting them in..... photoshop. I've never used that programme! And was expected to have the ideas executed within few days..... I don't remember when was the last time I spent so much time in front of the computer. These were the first attempts to get the grasp of it.
Oscar writes letters everyday. Granny Rose encouraged him to do so....
Oscar sharpens the pencil writing the letters, the pencil is shorter everyday, like Oscar's life....
It is winetr time. I imagine, when going for walks, Oscars would wear the mittens. Mittens made of wool, starting to unravel, like Oscar's life....
Finally, I decided to go with the glove concept as it communicated that the book is about a child, that there is something wrong going to happen. At the same time it's calm and peaceful, in a way vulnerable......
It took me a while to have it all done in photoshop- starting with getting the material for the glove itself, cutting it to the shape, taking photos.... Then working with the images- changing them, cropping..... layout of the cover (we were working to the Penguin book layout). The other tricky part was to find the proper typeface to go with the mood of the book- child-like (Oscar) but grown-up and spiritual at the same time (Granny Rose). Eventually, for Granny Rose I used the 'Papyrus' font and for Oscar I made the letters from the unravelling wool- it worked as a whole and was directly linked to Oscar. I also used 'Segoe Print' for the book description and the reviews on the back cover.
the cover itself- getting there!
the finished version ;)
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