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I think this will be my cover for the War Horse brief! Following advice from the previous mega crit session I removed the text from the front page as it's not necessary for the brief guidelines and got too caught up in the design. I also added the colour red so the horse and figures would stand out more, and it also draws a parallel to the red used in the inside illustrations.
I added more men that are similar to the third illustration I made for the book, and also one that is searching to represent his first owner Albert searching for him. I'd like to think that it adds some plot to the cover without giving too much away/ any more than is expected.
After using Futura last time I looked for a nice serif font thinking it would be more fitting. I'm not sure how fitting this one is, but I think it was better than before- more suited to the time period!
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