Looking at other Folio Society books I see that they are well suited to bold, graphic covers with minimal colours. I'd enjoyed using gouache and lots of colours for the inside illustrations but with my previous note, fancied the challenge of making something more graphic but also fit with the other illustrations.
I mostly tried to do this by drawing in a not wholly disimilar style and using motifs that had been used in the other images, particularly smoke clouds which were used in 2/3, and the small men (in the last image).
TYPE
I'm not very experienced with type- I worry that something that I think looks fairly balanced would look horrific to the trained (or otherwise) eye, so am cautious of being too adventurous. I also find myself using Futura on every whim, and on another look I'm not sure it's suited to the book. It's quite a modern and clean looking font for a book based in a time before it was even made and is very - not clean -. Perhaps something more traditional looking with a serif would be nicer.
That said, there doesn't have to be any text on the front, and I think with such a visuals/ illustration lead project it could become almost... redundant? But there will have to be some text somewhere so it needs considering!
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All in all I think I need some feedback from others before making a decision.
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