Rebecca Christy Illustration

Here it is! Fresh imagery and a different approach to what I was going for. For this I did a drawing of the door at a scewed angle. I put this through photoshop and enhanced the colours to make them more striking. I also wanted to include redrum and did so on the back cover. I've chosen a typewriter font which is suited very well if you know the story. I'm glad this is done beause this is the one I had the most anxiety about.

Here is the final book cover art for Frankenstein. This was a lot of fun to make and I am happy with how it's turned out. Still have two more to do so I better get to work!

Here's a little bit of a different angle. So I've been exploring with a wilting flower idea for Frankenstein however I like the idea of featuring body parts on the cover. I've formed the image of a flower-like shape using a human heart. The stem is an artery with bolts sticking out like thorns.  For the back cover ive used simply imagery and left a space for the blurb. These were both done with letraset/windsor and newton promarkers and derwent inktense blocks.

 I've tried to create the vision I had in my head with watercolours. It's worked out well but I need to tighten things up in photoshop and maybe tone down the red a bit. I also used a pipette to drip some red ink on there. I now have to work on the back cover of the book and spine.

Putting a lot of emphasis on 217 here because for anyone who hasn't read the book it doesn't give anything away and it sparks curiosity. The twins are also an eye catching image as we often find ourselves doing a double take at twins in the street to figure out if were seeing things or not. But anyway, I jotted these down with no facial features and I actually quite like the uncertain feeling it gives.

I'm rolling with the dead flower idea because to me a flower is a beautiful representation of life and death which links in with the story of Frankenstein's monster. I've added stitches to the petals and the stem to demonstrate pieces being put back together. I'm going with a more subtle approach to the book cover because in my opinion less is more in this case. Despite everyone being fearful of Frankenstein's monster, there is a vulnerability there that makes him such an endearing and tragic character for the reader.

So here we have four ideas for the cover of Bram Stoker's Dracula. I picked Dracula because it's  a classic story of love, loss and horror. I used eyes and the neck because these are two vulnerable areas and I wanted to display a simple image representing  Meena's vulnerability. I may do covers from Dracula's perspective to show his vulnerability which is not something we see in modern vampire stories today. Dracula's vulnerability in Bram Stoker's version is what draws me to it.

Back in uni, two new projects to do. The first being to design character/images for a made up table top card game. I've been greatly inspired by Andy Hunt's card game Necronomicards  Click here to check it out  It's a horror themed card game with monsters from all different cultures and mythologies. This theme is my kinda thing so I'm very excited to start creating these characters. The second project I'm working on is to design a book cover. Unsure of which story yet but it will be horror/thriller/mystery themed I can say that much .