Book Cover Redesign
For this project, we had to redesign a book, one we were already familiar with. I’m not much of a bookworm, but I had read Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini. I originally picked it up because I loved the cover, so trying to redesign something I already admired was a real challenge. The original used a bold red to represent a hot black hole, which I wanted to reference while adding my own twist.
I focused heavily on typography, trying to make the title feel like it was being sucked into a black hole. The back cover ended up being my strongest area. The layout took a lot of trial and error, but after a few days of pushing things around, it looked great.
One of the biggest struggles was warping the title. I bounced between Photoshop and Illustrator, watched endless YouTube tutorials, and even sculpted with Play-Doh to get a feel for how the distortion should look. It honestly took me most of the project timeline to get it right. The back and inside chapter spread turned out solid, but the front cover was consistently my weakest point during critiques.In the end, the whole design came together with a dark, bold tone I was proud of. However, I would like to revisit the front cover because I know I can make it stronger.
