Anne of Green Gables Book Designs
The focus of this project was to choose a classic novel and design a book cover, CD, CD case, and a point of purchase display that could sit on a shelf in a store. I chose to focus on "Anne of Green Gables", a childhood, favorite for this project. This coming of age novel centers around a young girl who is adopted by an elderly brother and sister living an isolated life in a small town. The story follow Anne and her grand imagination as she assimilates to life in town. throughout the novel Anne's opinion of her red hair serves as a symbolic measurement of her maturity. Thus I chose to heavily incorporate her red braids into the cover design. I wanted Anne's simple, but whimsical style to be reflected in the design so I used a two-colored illustrative layout with hand-lettering.
Anne's red hair, mentioned continuously throughout the novel, inspired the use of red as a central color within the design. I chose to offset it with tan as a nod to the "Little Golden Book" classic children's book design.