I've found this brief challenging, but incredibly enjoyable. It has close ties with what I am doing in OUIL505, book illustration, which is an area I'm interested in exploring. I feel that through this brief I have developed an ability to analyse texts that I've read quite quickly and visualise concepts and ideas.
When the rough brown pebble was first introduced in the story, I was sure that I would make an illustration which plays with that, but as I continued to read, I identified the theme of oppressive normality which informed the final illustration.
I've also gathered an idea of the importance of type on a book cover - having looked at other examples, more illustrative book covers use it in a completely different way to most others.
Another aspect of this brief which I enjoyed was the provided template - I really love being given a template to work with and placing my work within it - not only does it give direction, but it also allows you to get a peek at what your work might look like professionally in context which is rewarding. Every time I work on a brief with templates, I am working with excitement to see the template applied to my artwork.
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