Firstly, I researched into the three books and read them to get a stronger sense of what the books are about and the atmosphere of the titles, and from this created mind maps to put down what the books are about, potential ideas, themes of the books, visual languages etc.
I also created some mood boards to help myself generate some visual language that I could possibly use in my possible book cover. This is was very useful to have as it helped me put this into the mind map which then racked up.
Doing all this research is an important part of my practice as doing research helps me get a better and deeper understanding of particular project we get given, in this case The Penguin Competition, reading the books has given me a understanding of each book and has enabled me to come up with vital information to help me with the idea generation process and I can always go back to this if I struggle or need some inspiration.
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