Creative Bookmark : Creating the finished product

My book was Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. Firstly from this I found the important quotes, locations and events and processed those into bookmark idea on a mind map : ( INSERT MIND MAP)

After this I started creating a few sample bookmarks based on these ideas : ( INSERT IDEAS)

This lead me to my favourite which I thought incorporated a lot of the key locations and themes.( Insert favourite idea)


 I started to picture how I could create it. I decided that photoshop was the best idea this way I could use old photos taken in world war two to get the real feel of the settings. Firstly I created a basic collage of images in Photoshop editing them so that you see the different location described in the book.

To further this I will change the shape by adding a large Logo in a circle shape that was often seen on the wings of the planes to identify them. To do this I inserted the plain bookmark I had in to adobe illustrator and with shapes and text to create the final logo. Also to further this i have added cut out line this indicates the shape of the bookmark.

My finished bookmark:

The changes to make : 

To further improve this bookmark I hope to add a drop shadow and change the font of the 22 within the  top logo. Other improvements to my bookmark logo section i will change the star so that the shape looks more realistic to the original sign. With the main body of the logo i will sharpen and improve the levels of the images i will also try adding transparent colour  levels to show the difference between the settings. Firstly i sharpened my images and added dark military colours so that it looks like this :

These darker colours portrait the serious side of the book but are still a bit strange just like the characters.After changing these colours i needed to change the details to my logo and the overall look. 

I did this by changing the fonts and the style of the star this overall improved my look to get the completed front. The front finished :

I now have started to work on the back here there will be dispayed a small synopsis of the book. My first bookmark back has multiple fonts and selected large quotations this also has the same cut out lines as the book mark front: 

These two together have created the basic design for my bookmark there may be small changes once the synopsis has been completed.  

The FINAL Bookmark