OUGD505 - SBO2 - The Shallows

I decided upon Nicholas Carr's 'The Shallows' as the book to redesign the cover for for studio brief two. The books subject really interested me and also ties in with the issue I am tackling for studio brief one. I began by mindmapping the topics in the book. This immediately gave me some ideas for how to display this visually. I then drew out thumbnails of some of the better ideas that I had.

I wasn't sure which idea I wanted to move forward with so decided to experiment with a few and see which was most effective.

One idea I had was to make a stencil of a brain and spray bleach through this onto paper or cloth. I would then immerse the bottom part of the canvas in bleach and hopefully the ink would run making what looked similar to a tide mark. This links back to the title, 'The Shallows'

I experimented with a piece of blue fabric and two different paper stocks, There is only one way to describe the outcome and that is a catastrophic failure. The bleach had little or no effect on all three materials that i tried out. I intend to look further into this, maybe using spray paint or watercolours to achieve the desired effect.

To communicate the internet aspect of the book I decided to use a combination of code and keyboard keys. I was pleased with the outcome of this and will also experiment further with these elements. Possibly combining the two ideas.