Thursday, November 15, 2012

Book Cover Design


I chose Kurloz to draw because he's one of my favorite characters, along with being more newly revealed, so I hadn't really drawn him yet
Homestuck is a piece of multimedia that doesn't have any genre that fully covers it, though it is normally referred to as a webcomic. The story is mostly seen in a game-like style, sometimes talking directly to the reader and/or becoming extremely meta. There are many settings in Homestuck, including houses, forests, different planets, different universes, voids, places that completely disregard and concept of rational timespace, dreamworlds and more. There really is no set mood either; it can be funny and humorous (Hussie also includes the readers ideas in the story, often picking up jokes made by the fandom and making them show up once in a while), serious, dramatic, heartbreaking, or just plain confusing
The first cover reflects the more joyful parts of the story, with several of the characters from Beforus together, alive. The second cover reflects more of the darker side of the story, showing the design of the strongest enemy/challenge in Homestuck (so far), along with showing strength through the god-tiering.
The first font was used to seem more like Alternian/Beforian text, since some cannot read Alternian without a guide for translation. The hemospectum was also added into the text, for having a large influence in that xenoculture and being noticeable to Homestuck fans. The second font mimicks the text used in strifes, showing a battle ahead

1 comment:

  1. Really like the colors and the design. Well done all around!

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