This is the original sketch that shows the overall idea/ design for the book cover. It is in its early stage which really shows the first intended idea. The design demonstrates perspective within the bedroom that's to the right, and the hallway that is to the left.
At this stage, the design has been outlined and is starting to take shape. The outline is done in Illustrator and then moved to Photoshop for certain details.
The cover of the design has started to take shape being colored in Illustrator. The left side is darker because it is the inside of the child's room, thus creating a dividing line between room and hallway. It is supposed to have more of a flat, two-dimensional look that is simple.
The Monster Hunt
Children's Book
This book, The Monster Hunt, is designed to be an interactive book for children of a young age. It is designed to be 8 in x 9 in for the front and back cover while the inside pages will be smaller, 7 in x 8 in. This allows for diversity within the book itself and the pages. The font used for the typeface on the front is Kaju Monster_G.
The book is about a small child that is woken up at night because of strange noises. He decides that he'll go on a hunt to find out what are making these noises. While doing so he discovers that it is actually monsters that are the cause of all the ruckus. So he begins counting each monster and the activity that they are doing. The book ends with the boy getting tired and he decides he'll finish hunting down the monsters that are causing the sounds a different day.
The overall color schemes will be a mixture of cool and warm, but will be darker shades. The reason for this being is because I want the inside of the bedroom to have a night time feel where only a little bit of lit may be coming from a window or lamp.
As you can see to the left, my overall design process is shown though images from the sketch on paper to it being worked on in Illustrator and Photoshop. I wanted to show the changes throughout the piece was I was working on it.
Link to Issuu:
https://issuu.com/ahoyitsangel/docs/final_book_id_filexx
Above is a link to the final version of my book. If you continue scrolling down on this page you will find that it is embedded to this page where you can also click on it to view it.