A Not Quite as Bad Book Cover

This book cover is not nearly as bad as the bad book cover in the previous post, but I think there is still something a little wrong. We learned all about color theory in this class. What does red and yellow make you think of? Relaxation? Not for me. This book, which I read many years ago, is about transcendental meditation (TM). TM is marketed for anyone, not just the spiritual, to reduce stress and thrive. I would expect some more relaxing colors. Maybe aqua or something like that. Just about anything but red and yellow. And the thing with the yellow is that the "updated and expanded" thing becomes the focal point by its contrast with the red. Shouldn't the title be the focal point? That's my two cents about the matter.

The Bad Book Cover

I chose this as my bad book cover. It is also not a great book either, and it does the world a disservice, but I guess that is beside the point. It is a bad cover because it has too much type and too much stuff. The part "as seen on Oprah" seriously distracts from the title, which should be the focal point of the cover. The yellow text next to it is also a distraction. Plus, all the type at the bottom is more of the too much. I could have chosen something bad like this to re-do, but I guess I wanted more of a challenge.

The Real Manic

I last posted my re-make of the cover for Terri Cheney's Manic. It's a great book. The original cover is actually quite good. I did not mean anything by my choice to re-do it. I just thought it would be a fun one to do. The original one uses design principles we have learned about. The type is all uppercase so it uses repetition. The photo is compelling, and it has a single focal point in the picture. The focal point of the picture is close to the title, using unity by proximity to make for some unity in the two pieces. Again, I really recommend this book.

Manic

This is the final result for my project 4. I think this depicts how the author's illness (she calls it the Beast) takes over at times.