Developing Illustration

I wasn't too pleased with the previous illustration mock-up, i feel there was too much block white space yet at the same time i didnt want to pick out too many details in the tree and risk taking the attention away from the shot. Instead i have played around with the idea of a dandelion as it is something else which 'falls apart' linking in with the title. Above are my variations, my favourite being the last one.

I created the illustration on Adobe Illustrator, making just 2 seeds (one plain and one with cirlces on the ends) and making duplicates of them. From here i played around with scale and rotated the seeds to form a circle.

I am really pleased with the effect these have on the spread, they are alot more delicate than the trees, and by picking out the colours of the jewellery there is some continuity. This is something i could carry over to each page making each different as this will also double as a colour palette for the jewellery.

I decided to use Arial font as it is simple, clean and easy to read, as anything too fancy would have been difficult to pick out and look too fussy. To blend the text more with the illustration I have filled in the o's in the word 'good' to fit in with the circles on the end of the seeds.

Although the text is small and i therefore could have fitted in the full title, i like the simplicity of 'Good things fall apart' on its own so i may not include the full title, although this on its own is a bit pessimistic!