Amazing book art
The art of a book could make or break the book. Although most people say to not "judge a book by it's cover", but lets face it...we all do it. Being a very visual and artistic type person, I sometimes favor a book that has a good story and a good cover rather than one with a good story and a bad cover. But if the book is truly amazing then the cover doesn't matter at all. In this post, I will describe some of my favorite book covers and why I think they're amazing.
I know, I know. I have mentioned this book a number of times but you got to admit, this cover is pretty great. It's both simplistic and meaningful. The Black cloud symbolizes cancer and the white cloud symbolizes the innocent people with the "black" cloud hovering over their lives. Also I just love how the recommendations from other sources are placed so awkwardly. It really adds a sense of uniqueness to this novel. Not only that but the chalk like text adds another sense of that some kid just wrote it. To give it that young and quirky feel. I adore this cover, not only for how simple it is, but for how unique it is.
Another book series that has a simple yet meaningful design is the Hunger Games Trilogy. Each book has a mockingjay on it, but notice how by each book something goes missing? Hunger Games, the mocking jay has the circle and an arrow. But by Catching Fire it only has the circle and in Mockingjay it is free. This symbolizes how Katniss becomes free from the captiol, free from Panem. How she becomes one in her own. The mockingjay symbol is also the pin that Katniss acquires early on in the book, not only that but she's known as "The Mockingjay". So I find it incredibly clever how they took the mockingjay pin and made it gradually free from its reigns, just like Katniss.
All books can only gain from having an amazing cover. It catches the reader's eye and it gives the book a more visual appeal. When cover art is bad, it can turn people off from reading the book. So in conclusion, more books should have amazing cover art. It really adds to the book or series.
I never put much thought into a books cover before and after reading your post it made me really think about it. The Fault In Our Stars cover has so much more meaning to it than I thought. What you said about how people judge a book by its cover is completely true and I'm guilty of doing it. The only thing that I have to say is that not all books need to have amazing covers. Its not the cover that needs to sell the book, its the content. I agree that it would be good for books to have amazing cover art but I don't think that its the most important part of the book.
ReplyDeleteBook art is truly an art -- I know you are not supposed to judge a book by its cover-- but it is often what entices us to see what is inside the cover.
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