Recently I got asked to help out a friend with their dissertation where one of the components they had to submit was in a story-book form. I was asked to produce a cover page and the typography for the chapter pages.
I used a very similar design to the one used within my 'Blue Pet' children's book work, however the layout had to be rearranged for this A4 sizing, and the elements used within the image where different. I designed a fairytale castle which would be suitable for both male and females, as this book was to be directed at male and females of university age.
The background was a stock image of old parchment paper, which I used for all pages of the book. It gave that impression that you were following through the story as though you were continuing to read the map you see on the front cover - the idea that the whole book is the journey.
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For the typography I hand drew it so I could get that much more control over it. It also meant where I was a bit more sketchy in colouring in the letters, when scanned in and the levels changed in photoshop, I could make it look more worn and aged for the 'old-map' aesthetic immediately through my pen work.
Originally the chapter titles above were going to have illustrative icons incorporated within them. However, I thought it would be better just to fully tie them in to the themed aesthetic of the old map, and I used a variety of "banners" as their backdrop settings.
Mediums used: Cover page and final work done in photoshop.
Original typography work done by hand using a 0.2 fine liner
