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The Great Gatsby-Book Cover by ~Blue-Fish:iconBlue-Fish:

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©2009 ~Blue-Fish
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For my Visual Studies Design class, we had to design a new cover for a book. I chose to do F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", one of my favorites from high school. I aimed to tap into several different symbolic elements that emerge in the book, colors especially:

White - False purity and goodness, innocence, and royalty/aristocracy.
Yellow - Moral decay, decadence, and death.
Green - Hope.

I had a lot of fun with this one, I'm actually quite satisfied with it.

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cover art/design (C) ME.

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~Sayona-san Apr 20, 2009, 9:07:23 PM
Ahh, I like this a lot! It fits the book really nicely, and it's a lot nicer looking that than creepy eye cover most of them seem to have.

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~Brushtail Apr 20, 2009, 9:15:35 PM
This is awesome! I like this cover MUCH better than the original one. I loved that book! :)

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~ch3353n1nj4 Apr 20, 2009, 9:22:05 PM
great concept and image, but i kind of wish the placement of the type was a little bit different.

mainly, i feel like the title is too low on the page visually, and the author's name is dangerously close to the edge. that said, i feel that the typeface you chose is perfect.

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*SilverFlameWanderer Apr 20, 2009, 9:36:16 PM
One of my favorite books.

Love this cover idea. I remember focusing a great deal of time on the color symbolism in class as well. Anyway, this is a very appealing cover--intriguing too.

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=MeiKaiRiko Apr 20, 2009, 10:18:07 PM
Wow no way! I had to do a similar project for my Digital Design class last year 8D
Yours is, might I say, rather amazing compared to mine xD
My project was also based on the color symbolism in the story and I love how you put them all together in a flowing work of art!

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~Brandrvael Apr 21, 2009, 1:03:27 AM
I could actually see this on the bookshelf in Borders. :P

Haven't read it myself but the cover makes it seem intriguing to me.

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~PandaProtector Apr 21, 2009, 3:08:06 AM
Oh, that suits the book really well. :D I had to read it this year and it was quite an interesting one.

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=LanceyTheDog Apr 21, 2009, 3:20:19 AM
Wow, nice! I love the colors and how you did the glass, this looks great. (:

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~zyrumtumtuggermaomao Apr 21, 2009, 3:36:01 AM
Stylish!

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