Assignment 4
Redesign the cover of the novel 1984.
Also create a book-mark which compliments your image.
Also create a book-mark which compliments your image.
Before proceeding to final art your rough sketch must be approved by me.
This is one of the great books of the 20th century.
Its cover has been redesigned many times since its release in 1949.
Look at the examples posted below.
Research the themes of the book.
See if you can find a new way of simplifying the story into one strong illustration.
Your illustration can only use 3 colours, black, white and another colour.
It can be as simple or as complicated as you want.
The dimensions of the cover are 200 x 130mm.
The dimensions of the spine are 200 x 25mm.
Your illustration should cover the front, spine and back cover.
The typography should be a part of your illustration.
Type should include:
Front: 1984 George Orwell.
Spine : 1984 George Orwell.
Back: 1984 by George Orwell – 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell’s prophetic nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were is becoming more timely than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of the negative Utopia (Dystopia)—a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny this novel’s power, its hold on the imaginations of whole generations nor the power of its admonitions—a power that grows with the passage of time. Essential reading for understanding the postmodernist world.
Bookmark
Your bookmark can either be part of your cover image recropped to fit the dimensions required, or a new image which compliments your cover image.
Bookmark dimensions 200 x 40mm
Before proceeding to final art your rough sketch must be approved by me.
