Book Cover Explorations

Hello. So for this book cover project I’m going to look back to a story that has happened in my life when I was in middle school. This memory is about my older brother, Chris being hospitalized for a heart condition we weren’t aware that he had. For the front cover of my book I was thinking of making it a dark colored background like a black or a grey as this book would be about a distressed time in someone’s life. For the images that would be included on the front I think I would want to have an ambulance vehicle in black and white drawing. I want the ambulance to be in dark colors so it can give off a feeling of dark and sadness. The ambulance would be an important visual, as he had to ride in one to get to the hospital because he was in an unstable condition at that point of time. I was also exploring with the idea of having a deep colored red cross faded into the dark background to give the front cover a little bit of color and show some sort of seriousness in the cover. I want a red cross, as that would be a symbol of the hospital or medical help. For the fonts on the book cover I plan on using a white color so it pops out on the dark colored background and using a corporate gothic font, as it’s a more serious font showing no playfulness. For the back cover I was going to have few quotes from some magazines or newspapers that my target reader’s would be interested in their opinions of my book. I’ve also thought about putting a picture of the author on this back cover to show the readers the author, but not positive in that idea. I will also have the normal barcode and ISBN number to show its price as well.