Composing a Complex Narrative (in a book): Cat

Composing a Complex Narrative (in a book): A Day in The Life of A Cat Book

The idea for the front and back covers of the book came to me very quickly as I split the front cover into two parts, the top representing the sky and the bottom representing the earth. Then I also split the bottom part into two parts by land and vegetation. After that, I created three columns of different colors. The first above is the cat waking up from sleep, the second above is the cat in a normal position, and the third above is a cat walking to spend the day like other animals. The first column is black, which indicates darkness, sleep, and laziness. The second column is red, meaning that the blood has started to move, and the third column is four colors and indicates energy. As for the back cover, I designed it the same way, but the cats had their day and went home. In the three spreads of three compositions, the first is a space iteration, the second is a figure/ground iteration, and the third is a scale iteration, where there is a logical relationship between them and the pages. A lot of surprises happened while making this book. That was a day in the life of a cat, as written in the book's title.

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