Tomorrow in class I will be presenting my final Simplicity cover. I'm finishing it up in the morning (I need a break just to work on some other things) but I'm happy with how it is going. All that's left is figuring out how to fit the title onto the page.
I took my original idea of using the handwritten piece from the woman on the cover and pairing it with her image. For this draft, however, I cut out the woman and placed the text beside her. This really gave me a chance to play with cutouts and photos a bit more. It also took me a while to literally trace every single letter with the pen tool to extract the text and be able to manipulate it. I think had to place everything word by word to make it fit onto the page. It was a tedious process, but I'm happy with the results so far. Now I just need to figure out the title placement and font. Wish me luck! Can't wait for you to see it tomorrow.
Congrats on your first cover win, Jordin! I just looked at the final copy in the office, and I love it. I loved the design that you printed in class, but I wasn't in love with the colors, because I thought that they reminded me a little bit of Easter, and watermelon, and not as simple as you were going for, so I love the colors that they are now! I love that you included her handwriting, nice touch! (Even if it was tedious work...)
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