TALKING TURKEYS

Benjamin Zephaniah

Brief: Design a book cover for Benjamin Zepaniah's book 'Talking Turkeys':

This project required us to come up with an engaging book cover for Benjamin Zephaniah's book 'Talking Turkeys'. I began by reading through the book and exploring ideas for a character. Sketching Turkeys felt like a good place to start as they're quite a strange looking animal.

I experimented with various ideas an illustrations until i came up with a character that was easy enough to replicate several times.

Once I'd figured out a character design, i began to experiment with the actual design of the book and how i wanted it to be laid out.

Outcomes:

I chose a complimentary colour scheme and used a radial composition with my hero image in the centre. I was really pleased with the illustration itself, however i felt with a little more time i could've improved the text significantly. If i came back to this project I would like to add more complex imagery in the background and text that is empathetic to the theme of the book and the illustration.