Book Cover Redesign: Slaughterhouse Five
Morgan Bryson
Graphic Designer
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
The mood board for Slaughterhouse Five. This book has been published many times so I wanted a design that stood out. I also wanted to pay homage to Kurt Vonnegut's style. He illustrated on many of his covers and cartooned throughout his books. This novel covers a heavy subject but is also very funny, so I wanted a design that reflected that.
Typography Considerations
The cover options before the addition of color:
This particular cover was inspired by the mass produced novels popular in the 1960s, when this book was originally published.
Some rejected cover options:
Final Result:
