I read this classic story, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass” in the past months and I enjoyed it.  However, I found its book cover to be dull.  I rolled up my sleeves to design mock-up book covers for this book.

First, I sketched a running rabbit and Alice and different poses of falling Alice…

Then I scanned and traced over to make the outline of Rabbit and Alice in Illustrator.  I chose a light blue for the background for the book cover inspired by Alice’s dress.  I made a letterpress effect of the Rabbit and Alice by adding effects in Illustrator.  I thought about what kind of font faces could suit the new modern and sleek book cover.  I chose Century Gothic for the author’s name and Queens Park for the title.  Also, I added the Penguin logo.

I wanted to make a dynamic cover for the falling Alice, so I played with the title in different positions.  There are two different layouts that I constructed.

I actually liked the second dynamic cover (last) better.  But I am not sure which is more attractive.  Tell me which is one you like.