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This book cover is somewhat balanced. The word "cut" is in the center of the cover and it has red lines going through it. Then, the cover has grayer text in cursive behind the title. There is a big contrast in the black background color and the red lines through the title. There is a lot of emphasis on the title. Space is incorporated inbetween the lines of cursive writing. This gives a lot of positive and negative space. The lines have a different direction, which allows the reader to understand that they are symbolizing actual cuts. There is no illustration, instead the cover incorporates only typography. When I look at this book, the curisve writing really grabs my attention because it gives part of a story in the book away and it makes me want to read i more to find out what happened next. This book cover is for the Twilight Trilogy. It incorporates the ribbon from the third book, called Eclipse. It also incorporates the flower petals from the second book called, New Moon. The hands give a sense of direction and leads the reader's eyes to the flower petals. The black background and the red ribbon offer a great contrast in color. It makes the ribbon stand out a lot. And the red from the ribbon connects with the red in the flower petals. The book cover incorporates little typography, and is only used for the authors name, so the illustration is crucial. When looking at this cover, the flower petals really grabbed my attention only because the hands lead to it, and the hands make me focus on that element first. This cover is for the book Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson. The illustration is a pencil that is twisted downwards. The twisted pencil connects with the tittle, which allows the reader to draw a connection. Now, the twisted pencil actually has nothing to do with the actual book. The authors name is biggest writing on the cover, and is vertical. The black background allows for contrst between the red typography, the red pencil, the blue eraser, and the white typography. The biggest thing that stands out would have to be the pencil though because it looks almost 3D which grabs the readers attention. The title of the book is also parallel with the eraser part of the pencil. The red typography are almost little sayings for bragging rights because it claims that Mike Chamberlain read the book and that the author is author of the New York Times bestseller Speak. When looking at this cover, the red pencil and the blue eraser stand out the most to me because the pencil looks 3D and looks like it's closer than the typography. The blue eraser stands out a lot because that is the only element that is blue on the whole cover, so there is a big contrast in color.