JULY CONTEST: Design a book cover for the Wizard of Oz

[fpichel]

I tried to imagine why someone would hire me for this book cover project and decided they would come to me to apply my style to this subject matter. So it ended up being a bit more retro-graphic and adult market than some of the others. I tried to imagined the book on display in a bookstore and what would draw me to it.

[fpichel]

@fpichel I realize this is late, but I only joined SVS after hearing the podcast about the contest Thursday. I made this illustration yesterday, but wasn't able to post it to the forum last night because I wasn't sent an email confirmation email until this morning.
Anyway - great work everyone. Exciting to see so many excellent solutions. Thanks!

[fpichel]

@carrieannebrown this is excellent - great type design too.

[Joe Kim]

[Gaelle Grizzly]

I had a really bad time trying to understand how this forum works but I'm happy to be with you all. Here's my entry, if it's accepted .

[SethWolfshorndl]

@Gaelle-Grizzly I really enjoy your character designs, especially the scarecrow! The color and light in this piece is really effective.

[ina]

@aprilshin Aww thank you!!

[carrieannebrown]

@Johanna-Kim you've included so much in this design! Could keep looking at and seeing new things each time. Well done, it's amazing

[Johanna Kim]

@Coley Thanks so much:)

[Jessica Jolicoeur]

Here is my submission for the July contest.
Great job everyone!

[ina]

@ajillustrates Thank you so much! It makes it a bit less Wizard of Oz, but I had fun experimenting with it.

[carrieannebrown]

@aprilshin this is incredibly beautiful

[Johanna Kim]

@carrieannebrown Thanks so much:)

[Graham Williams]

@Marta-Kitka very good! Love the tornado and witch hat combined. Really creative!

[Alicia S]

I had a really tough time getting my login to work, I've been working on it since last night. Thanks for the fun assignment!

[Lorna H]

@cathy-spee - love this unusual style, it’s beautifully put together and so original.

[Alicia S]

@Alicia-S Thanks Chip for your tech help!

[Lorna H]

@Ryan-Ehr - this would be a perfect book cover for this story. The zig-zag design is fantastic as it takes your eyes down through all the characters. Awesome.

[jdubz]

@ina thx Yeah that's true with a lot of these older stories. I remember reading the original thinking how dark it really was hah.

[Chip Valecek]

Sorry for my lack of attention this month... I am in the process of selling my house and buying a new one

Anyway if anyone had issues posting this month please let me know. You can email me at cvalecek@gmail.com. We hit our limit of emails being sent from the forums which may have caused a delay in people getting their account validated. I will start to pull all the submissions and get the slideshow up and running by tomorrow!