Comic cover

Having completed the comic, I still didn't have a cover to use, and wasn't too sure how to go about the design for this comic. 

I wanted to allude to the themes of the comic, but not give any of the plot away. It became pretty apparent that just showing death was the wrong choice, despite it being a recognisable image that could draw an audience. I have to keep the integrity of the comic in mind in this case, using something that might not exactly draw a crowd, but at least doesnt give away the story.

I found a close up of deaths cape was the right choice. For the text, I found a blockier font to be more appropriate from my selection of tests. My instinct was to go to red on the backdrop, but that didnt feel right for the comic. I decided that, because the colour features heavily in the comic, a murky blue was the right choice.

From that, I simply had to change positioning for the composition. The text didn't sit right for me just having it over the image. For this I added a dark inner glow, to suggest the text is set within the image. Finally as a further reflection of the death design on the cover, I gave the text a gold leaf texture, resembling the  bones of death.