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BOOK COVER REDESIGN

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Why are book covers important?
How can you tell a story with images?
How can you create a balanced composition?


STUDENT EXAMPLES

ARTIST EXAMPLES

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Students will re-create the cover for their favorite book. 

REQUIREMENTS:

Prep (30 points):
  1. ​Resources: Use a resource for everything you draw - 10 points
  2. Draft: Create a draft featuring everything you will have on your final. Work out composition problems - 10 points 
  3. Packet: Completion of packet - 10 points

Drawing (45 points): 
  1. Composition: Your composition emphasizes vital characters and/or events a meaningful way - 15 points
  2. ​Title and Author: You must include the title, author, and illustrator using an original, applicable, well crafted, and thoughtfully sized font. The illustrator is you - 5 points
  3. Color Palette: Your color palette reflects the mood of the book and is thoughtfully applied. You may choose your medium - 10 points
  4. Craftsmanship: Your final is neat and reflects your best work - 15 points

​Effort (20 points):
The student took time to develop their ideas fully.  Many new techniques were tried. The student made excellent use of class time - 20 points (10 or 5 points for lesser effort)

​Reflection (5 points):
Self Reflection- 5 points

Total: 100 points
BOOK COVER PACKET
GRADE SHEET

ADVICE FROM STUDENTS
  1. “During this project I used many resources, but the most helpful one was definitely YouTube. I also looked at pictures of trees for inspiration and even asked my friends and Ms. B for advice at times. I would also hold it up at a distance and my friends would comment on it.”
  2. “One tip that was very useful to me was shading as much as possible. I shaded my trees, sky, bark and character's hair to go from light to dark. It really makes a difference. My drawing looked so much better. A tip I would give someone doing this project for the first time is to treat letters as objects/shapes. I did this with my title. By measuring them it will look even.”
  3. “I used pictures and help from peers as resources. It's really useful to have other people's suggestions besides your own. I would use both resources again.”
  4. “I took advice from my peers to see what they thought. It was very helpful.”
  5. “I found it helpful to use other objects in the picture to scale things. I would tell people to always make sure things are the right size.”
  6. “I used drawings from the Internet and pictures from the movie to get more details. I also asked people around me what I could add to make the picture better.”
  7. “Techniques that I found extremely helpful for this project were spacing and starting with basic shapes. A tip I would give someone is to always know the space you should have to work with for each piece of your drawing and to always start with a simple circle or whatever the basic shape of your object is and work from there.”
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  • Home
  • ART RESOURCES
    • RUBRICS
    • Elements and Principles of Art
    • Color Resources
    • Composition Resources
    • Drawing Resources
    • Clay Resources
    • Museums and Galleries
    • Contests
  • SUB PLANS
    • MIDDLE SCHOOL: LOCKER NAME DESIGN
    • HIGH SCHOOL: OP ART
  • 2D ART
    • Project 1 >
      • Drawing Upside Down
      • Value Project
    • PERSPECTIVE
    • WATERCOLOR
    • Printmaking
    • Gridding Technique
    • Extra Credit
  • SCULPTURE
    • Cardboard Helmets
    • Paper Mache Animal Bust
  • POTTERY
    • Ceramic Vases and Lanterns
    • Ceramic Cube
  • 8th Grade Art
    • Ceramic Castles and Houses
    • Book Cover Re-Design
    • Choice
    • Symbolic Tattoo Design
  • 7th Grade Art
    • Graffiti Art
    • Ancient Maps
    • Ceramic Food
    • Coat of Arms
    • Choice
  • 6th Grade Art
    • Kandinsky Landscapes
    • Printmaking
  • Art History
  • ILLUSTRATION
    • CHARACTER CREATION
    • PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATION
    • INSPIRATION ILLUSTRATION
    • MEMORY ILLUSTRATION
    • LEVEL 2: POSTER
    • LEVEL 2: COVER REDESIGN
    • LEVEL 2: THREE ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Art Show