Designing A Biographical

Book Cover LearningObjective:Tounderstandthepurposesandfeaturesofbookcovers.Todesignafullbookcoverjacketthatillustratesthelifeofaliteraryorhistoricalfigure.

In this project,we are furthering our graphic design skills and technical skills in AdobePhotoshop.

Wewill lookatsomebookcoverstoseewhattheirpurpose is,whattheir featuresare,andwhytheyareeffective.Wewillunderstandhowouruseofimage,typography,color,andwordingimpactouraudience.

Then,wewilldesignourownbookcovers forahistoricalor literary figure–everythingfromthe illustrationonthefront, tothesummaryandtestimonialsontheback.Bytheendsoftheprojectwewillbemastersinbookcoverdesign.Yes,yourbookcoverwillbeFIRE.

Name________________________ Period_____

Your Character’s Biographical Research 1. WHO do you want to use for your Biographical Book Cover?

2. Why did you choose this person? What interests you about their life?

3. When and where was this person born?

4. What was their childhood like? Who or what influenced them?

5. What is one major struggle that happened in the person’s life? How did they deal with it? What was the result of their actions?

6. Describe two of your character’s actions that impacted others (or the course of history). What happened? (These can be positive or negative actions). Why were these actions important?

a.

b.

7. What was this person’s personality like? How did others describe them? What type of person were they?

___/21 pts

TITLE(5pts)acatchyphrasetohookthereaderi.e.TheTrueFaceofEvil)

SUBTITLE(5pts)tellsuswhatthebookisabout-i.e.ThestoryofAdolfHitler

AUTHOR(5pts)yourfirstandlastname

FRONT

3IMAGES(15pts)-asymbolofcharacter’sstruggleortriumph(object,aplace,oraperson)

-asymbolofcharacter’smajoraction(couldbegoodorbad)

-aphotoorillustrationofyourperson(canbeadrawing,aphotoofpartoralloftheirfaceorbody,asilhouette,orcreativerepresentation)

BIOGRAPHICAL BOOK SKETCH

___/30 pts