A Children's Book Cover

I started by doing research into what children aged 7 - 11 were actually into. I asked a range of families and here is a summary of what I found.

Whether girls or boys they all seem to enjoy a similar style of book and illustrations. Very comical, primary based colours, cartoony illustrations. I was surprised that out of the range of families I asked they all enjoyed similar titles and styles. I have pinned some of the books mentioned by the families on my Pinterest board below.

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/nikijacksonart/kids-books/


Research on animals of the world:
Next I did some research of different types of animals from around the world.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/nikijacksonart/animals-of-the-world-reference/

I cataloged the animals into countries and found this really interesting as some of the animals I hadn't heard of before.

Initial Sketches:

Based on the research I had done and the overall theme coming through I wanted to create covers that were more comical and bold in design. Using bright bold colours and the use of black outlines like some of the books my research members mentioned.

Book Cover 1 Visual:

Book cover visual 2:

Book cover visual 3:

For the colouring of the designs I decided to use digital because I wanted a very crisp bold look to the covers. I chose a variety of animals to make the covers appealing.

I think the covers came out fairly good, I wasn't sure if I had put in too much detail for a colour visual, I think they ended up being closer to finished covers.