Final Pages

For the interior pages, I used a combination of illustrations and textures that are used as a visual aid for characters, objects and places. Like the dust jacket, I have used chromatic blue and browns to in-keep with the limited hue theme. I used images from my contact sheet to get the proportions of faces and objects, and then styled the facial features and objects adding the blues and browns in layers of watercolour.

I used layers of graphite and watercolour to create a soft outline and light texture, as well as layering to create shadows. This is shown on the illustration of Jack's mother, as the hair uses highlights and layering to create a shadow on the hair. Creating alternating layers of watercolour also gave the illustrations a range of light and dark shades of the hues. This worked especially well on the illustration of the government officials, as the alternating shading on the suits created a more interesting range of colour combination. 

For the textures I wanted to create watercolour cloud textures, and overlay plane illustrations to foreshadow ideas about the story. I used tissue to remove layers of watercolour to reveal the white paper background, creating distant cloud textures. I also overlaid paper onto watercolour to create other textures around the corners of pages.

Final Dust Cover

My final cover uses a chromatic blue and brown, limited colour palette scheme. I have used watercolours to create a textured background, and the men in various falling positions, that are outlined with graphite. This use of hues is used to keep a mature and un-childish appearance, and is also used in the interior illustrations. I have used the scruffy, 1940s styled typeface, made from biro, that foreshadows elements of the book, and creates a contrast between the two typefaces used on the cover. 

I also added images, quotes and a blurb on the dust jacket, informing the reader about legal information and opinions of the book. These texts have been displayed around the illustrations, bringing them forward. The text is also in black to continue the chromatic dull theme, and create a good contrast between the light background.