Banksy is a Graffiti artists, whose work I found inspirational and very meaningful. Whenever I am doing my work I always look at Banksy's work, as his graffiti art work is not just good, but also has a emotional message behind his work.
After looking at his work I felt like experimenting with graffiti as well as using typography and the city in the background.
Lou Romano
Lou Romano (born April 15, 1972) is an American animation production artist and voice actor. He did design work on Monsters, Inc and The Incredibles, and he provided the voices of Bernie Kropp in The Incredibles, Snot Rod in Cars and Alfredo Linguini in Ratatouille.
Romano had an interest in drawing and painting at an early age and studied theater arts. He also studied animation and completed workshops which, later went on to work as an art director and designer for animated projects, such as The Powerpuff Girls and The Iron Giant.
His work is quite unusual as well as his animated cartoon strips are well illustrated and laid out. The way the lay out of his designs are intriguing, inspired me to try out the way he works.
Here are some examples of his work that he created. As you can see its well structured into boxes and the use of colours are bright and eye catching.
Here is one design and experimentation I did taking inspiration from Lou Romano design. My illustrated work is on Natural Disaster, as each box is design based on a different disaster. I could develop on this and take it further, which would be more visually pleasing and effective like the artist himself.
Creative Digital Studio
http://www.creativedigitalstudios.com/#!custom-cover-design/cz79
Creative Digital Studio is a company whose work that is produced has inspired me. The work they create is always perfect and on point, which is always professional and to the best standard. The way they create there designs whether it is a book cover, website or logo, is created in many different ways and style, that it is unique and an effective design.
Here are examples of there front page of the books they have created. As you can see each book cover looks modern and different. the use of typography and background image of the book makes the overall cover stand out.
After researching different book design, I created my own designs for a book on Natural Disaster. Using different elements of the disaster and combining them for the front cover. Here are my designs of the Front and Back cover and one of the pages of the book.
Front cover
Inside Page
Back Cover