It was hard to choose from so many nice, clean designs. I agree with Jolie - now that we are designing book covers for the first time, I realize how challenging it is to create simple, yet effective designs. It's a huge responsibility to convey a book's personality to peak interest without giving it all away.I chose the cover to "Impossible Motherhood, Testimony of an Abortion Addict" because it successfully uses one simple graphic element, the line, to get the point across. Two controlled, curvy lines suggest a woman's body in contrast to a series of irregular, red hash marks, presumably representing the quantity of abortions the subject of the book has had. The location of the hash marks makes this clear, as well. Furthermore, the ensuing remaining emptiness of the page compels you to focus on the poignant subject of the book.
