Development from successful thumbnail designs, creating a vector design of character ‘Adrian Mole’ inspired from Stanley Chow. Compositional development and experimentation taken from rough type treatments looking at the impact of the overall look of negative space. The colour orange chosen as background colour linking to Adrian’s comical desire for more Vitamin C. The colour is warm friendly and gender neutral. The Vector design sets the mood of the character, adding intrigue to the content of the book/narrative. The vector also hints at Adrian’s acne problem with the large pimple on his chin.
Although peers mentioned how the design was refined and confident, the appearance of Adrian is similar to Harry Potter, this would possibly lead to confusion for the younger audience.
Development from second successful thumbnail design. This design is an outcome that could be used/ accepted by both adult and child. The overall style hints at the rebellious phase of Adrian Mole, with the iconic red sock, and then black paint on the book cover. Drawing the sock will add an authentic friendly look. Having just one single sock in red singles Adrian Mole out as the main character of the narrative, and also by his unique comical personality. The outcome is playful and simplistic, removing itself from the cliché aspects of cover designs created beforehand. The Ani Typewriter typeface is formal and playful, echoing Adrian’s desires to write, without it being hand-written (like most of the previous book cover designs).
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