To start this project i experimented with the mockingbird shape and compositions on the book, using the spine of the book a the centre point. I created the same image in a black and white bird to demonstrate the key features of racism in the book.
I redesigned the mockingbird but kept the shape. After researching Jordan Cheung and Sergio Membrillas I explored at creating the mockingbird in a smooth style with simplistic speckled textures used for shading.
I chose a childlike font and coloured it in bright pastel colours because i wanted to portray the childish features in the book and the fact that the book is narrated by a young girl.
The mockingbird was edited so that it flew diagonally across the book. This allowed more space on the back page for the text and also a chance to make the bird bigger.
So that the colours were suited to the time period of the 1930s, the green was muted to a pale sepia like tone.
This is the completed final version. In the end I hand drew the titles used on the front page and spine so the writing was more real. a textured gradient was placed on the back page so that the blurb was easier to read against the darker colour.
