Check
out the many different artistic representations of the novel shown in the huge
variety of covers of To Kill a Mockingbird from over the years and across the
world. Then make your own.
As you brainstorm ideas for your
design, think about the main messages of the novel, and how you would
entice a potential reader into purchasing/borrowing/reading the novel by
designing its front cover, back cover, and spine (the part that shows
when it's on the bookshelf at the store or library).
Here is a link to past covers of the book from Google images search. There are a lot of cool ones for inspiration:
https://www.google.com/search?q=to+kill+a+mockingbird+covers&safe=strict&biw=941&bih=493&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=miNJVbmOIIubNuGFgJAO&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ
Your front and back covers must include:
1. Well
thought out and executed visual elements (you may use any visual
technique you'd like as long as your final product is an original idea.
DO NOT replicate or too closely copy an existing book cover) Draw, paint, collage, Photoshop, etc.
2. The title (choose your font and size deliberately)
3. The author's name
4. A blurb (short summary of what the novel is about) to pull the reader into reading the book. Don't give away what happens, just give them a taste to peak their curiosity!
5. An interesting quote or two (not too long) from the novel to give a sense of what it is about.
See
if you can come up with a design that DOESN'T look like the ones you
find on the internet. Be creative. Think outside the box. Have fun with
it!
