Drafting

What I wanted to achieve was relelvance to my book, but with a style that has never been done before. After doing my copy and emulation using Rob Ryan's style I really liked the idea of using a 'cut-out' design for my own book cover. Looking at all the different styles of The Wind In The Willows I haven't seen one in a style like this so I thought it was a good idea. My aim is to have lots of relevance decoration to my book cover this would be things like: oars, boats, cars, trees, leaves etc..

This was the first draft I did. After looking at Rob Ryan's artwork again I noticed that he made a border around some of his artwork so I did a similar one here. This draft I feel is too cluttered and there isn't as much relevance to the book cover as I'd like as it's quite vague.

I tried to simplify my second draft because I thought the first one was too cluttered. However, this one I feel is too simple and has hardly any relevance to my book.

I like this design because it's a lot more detailed than the second draft but it isn't cluttered. Also, there is a lot more relevance as I have drawn little images in the border at the top of the page. Drawings such as: boats, trees and leaves. Also, I like the title as it is quite branch-like and goes well with the book. The two characters on the back of this book cover draft are two main characters (Mole and Ratty) so I think that this draft has lots of relevance to the book.