🌙 BOOK COVER BRIEF
Title
"ALARM AT 3:17"
📖 About the book
The book is psychological, atmospheric, with elements of inner surrealism and the romanticized image of a teenager.
It tells the story of two characters, but the main heroine of this book is a girl who has 17 emotional states within her.
The main theme of the book:
it is easier for her to love the ideal image of a person in her head than to know the real one.
🌫 General atmosphere
I want a soft, artistic, emotional atmosphere.
Not horror and not "dark heaviness," but:
calm anxiety
the feeling of a dream
light detachment
the inner world of a person
soft melancholy
It is important that the illustration is calming, despite the theme of anxiety.
🎨 Illustration style
I want the work to look like:
artistic book illustration
handmade work, I leave it to your discretion))) I expect something romantic and not realism)
light surrealism and symbolism
I don't want:
AI-feeling
3D
too bright colors
horror aesthetics
overloaded with details
👩 Main heroine
In the center of the composition is a girl. This is the base.
Appearance:
oval face with soft features
large brown eyes
light dark circles under the eyes
calm, tired gaze
soft Roman nose
light bow-shaped lips
medium-length light brown hair
slightly wavy, fluffy, and a bit unruly
She should look:
calm
a bit detached
thoughtful
🛏 Composition
I want the girl to be on the bed / next to a pillow, possibly with a phone in her hands. The pose is up to your discretion)
The composition should be soft and cohesive, without a sense of chaos.
🧠 Symbolism
It is important to show the inner split of personality, but NOT literally.
This can include:
threads
light fragments
shadows
abstract forms
toys
soft flashes of light
Everything should be very subtly integrated into the composition.
💔 Image of idealization
I want to add a barely noticeable silhouette of an idealized person:
faceless
blurry
light
almost like a memory or a dream
Not the main object, but rather a feeling of presence. (I want closeness to the heroine in the drawing, so let him embrace her on the bed while she looks at her phone)
🕰 Time 3:17
It is important to carefully integrate the symbol of the time 3:17:
clock
numbers
reflection
shadow
So that it feels atmospheric, not too obvious.
🎨 Colors
Main palette:
soft purple (pink)
muted dark shades
white mist
moonlight
✨ Main feeling
I want the cover to feel like:
a romantic anxious dream
book 18+
budget to be discussed in private) waiting for you ^-^
example sent: