Book Covers

"Looking for Alaska" is one of my favorite books, although I read this 5 or 6 years ago, I remember the cover and my first impression where I thought it was going to be a boring book. However, when I look at the cover now, I think it's pretty interesting that the cover is very simple yet mysterious. There is a smoke, which doesn't necessarily take up the entire book, coming from a purple candle with a black background. I enjoy how there is a purple candle at the bottom of the cover, uniting the purple and the black creating this nice color math.

 

I first heard about this book when I took my graphic design class last summer. The other students in my class were praising the cover and saying how amazing it was. What I find nice about this cover is how there are two clouds on it, both different colors displaying the title of the book and the author. However, what I do not like about this is how there are texts above and below the clouds. I find them to be rather distracting, especially because it is all in upper - case, if it were in lower - case, maybe it would less distracting. Overall, I find this cover to be pretty attracting and is able to draw viewers in.

 

What I like about this cover is how it is so simple, yet interesting and very different from other covers I have seen. This cover is mostly white, except for the two pills in the cup which are blue and white. I find this to be so simple and makes the viewer interested with what the book is about. What I also like about this cover the title found at the bottom. I noticed that the letters are all in lower - case, which is not something I always see. I find this to be different and interesting on the designer's choice to make the title in all lower - case letters as well as flipping the 'e' in the word and having it in a different color. 

 

What stands out to me in this cover is how the person, Ross Matthews, is on the cover, leaning on pink balloons on a cloud in the sky. This caught my attention as the colors were blue and pink, my favorite, and the book appeared to be very bight and positive, making me feel happy. What I also enjoy is how the two balloons seen at the bottom have words written in it. Overall, I really enjoy this cover and looking at it makes me happy and eager to read about it. 

Although I haven't read this book, I am well aware what it is about. But, when I first saw this cover and was unaware of what the book is about, I found the cover to be interesting. I like how there is one color used, with different shades of 'grey' which really fit the title. However, the find the typeface used for this was a bit too simple and rather boring. I also feel that the cover is a bit bland, and could have used perhaps a bigger text size or more design on this cover as it there is a bit negative space. This is unlike "Looking for Alaska" and "Cracked" which are both simple, but is still has interesting components to it.