OIL503- In Cold Blood- Contenders for Finals

Moving on from the quick roughs I produced I decided to proceed with working out some of the digitally and trying to get an idea of design and type. With this brief I specifically wanted to move straight onto working digitally quite quickly as it is generally easier to move elements around and play with type once all of the basic elements have been decided upon.



The first rough is really simplistic, which is the way I wanted to go with this brief. It is a bold, textured blood drop to help the cover stand out, overlaid with 'in cold blood'.

I wanted to use a mix of capitals and lower case in the cover to reflect the widespread news coverage that the story gathered, as well as the investigative element in the back story of why the book was written.

I am still deliberating weather to keep the back page blank or weather to add another small motif into a corner just to tie it in a bit more with the front and spine.



The second one I think is my favourite concept. I have tried to keep the cover quite dark and simple, and it almost looks like a title sequence for a murder mystery TV show.



The cover shows two shotgun barrels, with the ends of the shotgun coontrasted to the rest in which being used as the 'O's in the title, and the sight on the top of the gun being used for the 'I'. I think this is the strongest conceptually and is a little more interesting, however I still think the design and layout still needs some work. These are still just working roughs.