Classic cover assignment

Cover Illustration for a classic.
Your assignment is to create a cover illustration for a classic title listed below.

Size: *Final 6 x 9 (illustration can be larger)
Wrap around: define potential problems with this format.

Full color, oils,

*Final is the printed cover - not the painted image
considerations and elements that must be included in the cover-
title
spine
author credit

What's required:
15 solid thumbs in the proportion to the cover

The thumbnails need to be presented in even rows and the page (s) should be mounted on foam board with a cover sheet.
You 'll be graded on quality of idea and professionalism of presentation.

Presentation for the comp and final need to be mounted with cover sheets, too.

All presentations need a two inch border around the mounted page, with 2 and a half inches below.

Deadlines:
thumbs, 11-09

revised, and photo day-11-14

comp. 11-21

paint days: 11-28, 30

Final: 12 05 end of class or 12 07 beginning of class

Titles:
Robinson Crusoe
Treasure Island
The wonderful world of OZ
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland
The Night before Christmas

*Overall advice to keep in mind for covers:*

Do not get caught up in too many specifics about any cover ideas. Get the viewer engaged fast, hint at character. You are ultimately trying to get a potential reader to pick up the book. Let the author solve the rest of the problems...
-Greg Manchess

A simple evocative engaging solution can often trump a giant montage. While sometimes the BIG COMPOSITION solution is perfect, consider ALL options-not just "the kitchen sink" option.

Pick your moment and make everything in service to that moment.
-Rebecca Guay
Also,
Make sure the sketch that you want to put up on the critique wall the first day is a clear and thorough sketch. Meaning, it should not be on a scrap of lined paper, or a half finished thumbnail in the corner of a sketchbook. They should on decent paper and have a clear line around where you intend the border of the art to be.