As this brief was quite a quick turnaround I thought through a really good idea and just went with it, Caitlyn Moran's book How to be a Woman is kind of a cheeky (bit feministy) book, so I wanted to turn the stereotype of women being ashamed of their bodies and hiding them into a cheeky young lass who finds it empowering to take her top off and get her boobs out.
After I'd done a quick composition sketch I drew her out a little bit neater and bolder, leaving space for where the type would be in the middle and painted over the top with gouache and water colours.
The colours look really horrible and bright on screen but they were a bit more subtle in real life. I scanned this in and manipulated the colours a bit and finally added the text over the top to complete the image.
After playing around with colours and using textured brushes from my favourite ever brush pack (we all know the one) I ended up making a piece of work that I'm actually really proud of. yess.
I used the colours from the front to make a texture running along the spine of the book and the back to tie the whole design together. I didn't want to make the back too fussy because it would detract from the text and make it much harder to read.
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