Book Cover Design - Neil Young Living Folk Art

 

Here is my final version of my book cover. I found this to be a very enjoyable project. I wish the image of Neil Young looked more stylized in the finished project. When it is enlarged you can see the paint strokes. Lesson learned!

 

 

 

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Book Cover Design - Neil Young

Here is my rough sketch for my book cover for Neil Young. I titled it Neil Young with a subtitle of Living folk art. I am trying to play off that theme as I feel that Neil Young has adapted with the times, he has kept a true sense of self that is reflective of his values and style. I am going to apply a portrait of his face to the side of a barn and attempt to distress the image. I still working on the back of the book. I am going to play with the current setup below and will trim it down ps as it progresses.

 

Medicinal Marijuana - Awareness Poster Final Version

Here is my final version of my awareness poster for Medicinal Marijuana. I ended up changing the content and layout around once I started to mess with it in ps. I wanted to include data, but found it to be to busy. Great stats to back up the cause though. I included them below, if anyone was interested. I tried to keep it as concise as possible while still communicating a clear message, while remaining slightly obscure.

 

 

 

 

Original Sketches

 

 

Photo Credits

 

Hippocrates

http://www.localvisibilitysystem.com/pics/hippocrates.jpg

 

Capital Building -http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Capitol_Building_Full_View.jpg

 

Money (behind Building)

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/bigstock_Falling_Money_669153.jpg

 

Pills

http://blog.doctoroz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pills-multicolored-original.jpg

 

Marijuana in pill container

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/medical-marijuana-prescription-bottl.jpg





 

Quote from CNN.com story : Gupta: 'I am doubling down' on medical marijuana

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/health/gupta-medical-marijuana/

 

Awareness Poster - Medicinal Marijuana

Below are my initial sketches for my awareness poster. I haven't yet worked out exactly what the text will say, or how it will be formatted. Also I think that I may scale back some of the content once it is layed-out, but I want to see what looks best before I remove anything. Though it I hard to make out, I am planning on blending a collage of money with the bottom of the capital building, and a collage of multicolor pills with the top. I was thinking about finding some campaign finance info as it pertains to the pharmaceutical industry and placing it behind the building. I really like that concept on the bottom and haven't sold myself on the top yet. I am sure that it will really evolve once I bring it into ps.