I desinged the spreads first before the cover because I was stuck on what to put on it. However for the spreads I thought of having title pages, with colour and images -
This way theres colour in the book, and theres some visual help so you know where the information is from.
I put the south text on the opposite side because I wanted to break the book up a little bit.
I finally decided on the text being in the centre and using the gutter as a focal point. I like the column of text and colour in the middle of the page and it draws your eye to there. Having the text to the left and the right of the gutter makes a solid shape and I think is easy to read.
I struggled with the wording for the front cover, I knew I wanted to have a small explanation of what the book was but couldn't work out how to put it. This book has a jokey tone of voice, like a lot of work. I find it the easiest way to convey my message, and for this is appropriate.
For the back cover I played around with imagery. After a few attempts of writing up the blurb as well I decided on this. I chose to go with just the image of Britain at the top [top left] because the others look to busy and I didn't like the mix of colours.
I wanted to see if I could incorporate the three colours I've used in the Britain image and use it somewhere. But I definitely think this looks rubbish and a bit tacky and will not use it.
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