Book Jacket Illustration

          A Book Jacket Illustration is a type of layout design that usually used for book, or as known as book's cover. It's the most important factor for the book, because it is really similar to people's looks. If the illustration of a book cover  is good, catchy, and has a great interpretation, it would be interesting for you right? or as known as first impression. The illutrator who inspired me is John Rocco; the one who design a cover of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. He used drawing and sketching techniques for his design. His style of design has a unique characters, he gave the feeling of canvas painting through his work, it's like he used brushes to paint the work not the computer, and it inspired me. For example:

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif



          This book cover maybe the most famous work of his; it's named 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif'. He designed this layout for Rick Riordan; the author of the book. There also a sequeal of this too, I'm not gonna name it all. This masterpiece of his is my favorite, I like the way he interpretated feeling and the story through the cover. And the color using was stunning, the complimentary color of orange and blue were simple, and fantastic. 

The Blackout



          This one is also my favorite, the Blackout. This one is his own work, he also used the same technique as the previous one. This one really straight and foward, the name of the book was called Blackout, so he drew one family with a flashlight in their hands. Another thing that is similar to previous work is the color.

The Moonpowder



          These last two, I'm just gonna explain my feeling through it briefly. This one has another type of color scheme, he used a whole different theme, by using red, orange, yellow, and green. It help enhanced the joyful and fun feeling.

Wolf! Wolf!



          The last one is Wolf! Wolf!, I liked this one, because of the expression on the wolf face. The expression of the wolf surely give me ideas about what should the story of the book will be. But for the color for me, personaly I don't like it, maybe just that pale blue from the back.