Penguin Brief: How to be a Woman: Defining Ideas

DEFINING IDEAS 

I started to get a bit lost with the Caitlin Moran book cover, out of all three that I made for my substantial this was the one I had the biggest vision for and was least pleased with. 
I was still doodling for a while, thinking of all the things that made you a woman (first picture) but it just didn't feel like I was moving forward with the project and the deadline was getting closer. With the other two book covers finished, I really need to make a start.

INSTAGRAM INSPO

I went back to instagram because that's where I felt I should be going to find enpowering inspiration, when I was there I came across Mellunz and Thetinysmallgirl who are both quite alternative and confident ladies. I really like the vibrancy and composure of their pictures and decided to draw a tiny mock up. I was drawn to the idea and started turning it into a photoshop file almost immediately. 
This is a decision I regret because I think I should have continued to draw from the inspiration and thought about composition more. 
I realised this about 4 hours before the deadline, when it was unfortunately too late to turn back with what I had. I decided to put the pictures of the girl I drew inside polaroid-esque boxes. Looking back now I can see that they look quite static and that perhaps if I had painted them and scanned them in it would be a different result. 
The one thing I was quite pleased with about this book cover was the typography, I practiced calligraphy a lot over the weeks when I was doing the penguin book covers and a lot of my own type went into the Caitlin Moran one which was perhaps one of the only things I was pleased with for this cover.