Penguin NW - Feedback

Feedback

FIG 1

- look at how to make the title stand out more

- centre align the text on the back better

FIG 2

- look at the colour combination and how to represent the moonlight shining more effectively

- maybe the dark blue will work better to represent how a lot more of the book is set in the evenings or during dull weather spells compared to having the pink as the main colour

FIG 3

- look at type placement and how it all flows as a whole

- experiment further with the colour combination and the use of it across all of the elements 

Response

In response to the feedback I have made a few changes to each of the initial ideas so that I can then decide on which idea to take forward and develop for the final thing. Figure 1 shows the title changing colour so that there is more of a contrast between the book title and the name of the author which I think is really important - especially because it is only a second name basis for the front cover. Figure 2 shows what it make look like as an inversion in terms of colour and I think this draws more attention to the colour of blue that it in the window and trying to represent a moonlit sky. I think that if this idea was to be taken forward, more emphasis on the moonlit sky would need to be achieved and then the mental health aspect may be made stronger by leaving it completely empty rather than having the title in it. Figure 3 shows the title to have been moved down to be in line with the bottom of the text on the back of the book. This flows better and also the space away from the window work well to create more of a contrast - further representing the space at the sanatarium in contrast to the city of Tokyo. The spine has changed colour to the lighter peach which contrasts nicely to the illustration and the pale blue background of the book. 

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Feedback 2
- which idea to take forward and develop