Book Jacket

Another project from last semester.  I liked it well enough to post it on here, plus it matched some vintage fabric that I haven't found a use for yet.  Perfect.  The assignment was to make a book jacket for the story of Parsifal.  Here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parzival, is the plot.  We were allowed to make the jacket in any style we wanted, so I did mine kind of like a children's book. 

My professor (should I say professor or teacher? I don’t know, I don't discriminate) thought it would be a stronger project if I took out the lil’ forest guy.  He's right, he doesn’t need to be there, it gives away too much information and he doesn’t share the same quality as the rest of the cover.  When I have time I’ll go back and pull him out of there and post again (let’s try for the next few days).  Poor guy, I’ll find another place for him. I love him and his cozy clothes.

Here’s the cover in a flat view.  I made it as a continuous scene, like he's walked across the jacket of the book.  Also.. you can see the tiny squirrel and bird's nest on the inside wings of the jacket.  Happy Sunday!