Contest assignment: It is necessary to develop a cover for a printed book.
Genre: fantasy for teenagers and adults (Young Adult Fantasy).
Target audience: 12-19 years old.
Author: Ekaterina Ustyugova.
Series title: Dualborn.
Book title: Steps Beyond.
Brief plot summary: A princess from another reality discovers that she is connected in mind and body with a girl from Earth. Their common goal is to destroy the Barrier that separates Earth from the infinite multitude of worlds of Parallelism.
The cover must include:
The series title in large font and the book title in slightly smaller font.
An image of girl silhouettes - one in the background of the other (one in front of the other or one inside the other). The one in the background is taller and slimmer. In the foreground - like a 14-year-old girl. The tall silhouette holds a dagger to the throat of the short silhouette with its right hand, while the short silhouette squeezes the heart of the tall one (depicted schematically right in the chest) in its raised left hand. Thus, their hands seem to form an incomplete circle (or oval).
Something else can be added based on the plot, but there should not be too many images.
Color scheme: not critical, but ideally - black-gray-green.
Background: patterns or abstractions, as in the specified design examples. Images of magical portals can be used as a basis.
Preferred design style:
Publication classification: fiction literature
Requirements for source files:
- Cover file format: pdf, tiff, cdr.
- Image resolution - at least 300 dpi.
- Planned book format: 84×108/32
The cover is being created for the first time.
