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//1) **Eragon**// **- Christopher Paolini:** For the first book cover that I have chosen, I believe that there are many different reasons as to why this is a good book cover. The main reason being that overall it is just a very unique design to begin with, and secondly the fact that the author chose to use an original illustration as the cover image. The element of unity is shown clearly as the everything on the cover only compliments the rest of what else is on it. Also, the element of balance is shown using a symmetrical design, as everything would stand equally on both sides if split in half. This book definitely grabs the attention of the customer due to the gorgeous illustration of the dragon on the cover, and not only that, but the whole idea of using one color as the entire scheme was a very clever idea. What I mean by that is simply this, this book is not a stand-alone, it is a series, and each book has it's own pre-determined color, as Eragon is blue, Eldest is red, Brisingr is gold, and Inheritance is green.

//2) **It's Kind of a Funny Story**// **- Ned Vizzini:** Now, the second book cover that I have chosen is definitely one of my personal favorites. The first thing one would pick up on when looking at this cover is definitely the use of asymmetrical balance in the silhouette's form. Inside of the person's silhouette is a map, and at first that may not appear clear, but after taking a minute to look at it, one could definitely determine what the author was going for when thinking up the cover. There is a very nice use of emphasis on the title text of the book, as well as the author's name, as they are bolded a bit more than everything else. When looking at this book cover, there are so many different things that personally grab my attention, I love all of the different lines used, as it drew my eye to not only the title, but to everything else that was even shown. The idea of using a person's silhouette, but instead filling it with a map shows a lot of symbolism, and could be interpreted in various ways.

//3) **Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales**// **- Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm:** The final book cover that I have chosen clearly is the most detailed of the three. The main element of art that is clearly used on this book cover is the element of line, it is used in such a way that it makes the cover appear a bit busy at first when looked at from a glance, but when taken a closer look at, they are very detailed and quite pleasing to the eye. By simply looking at this book cover, one could pick out a plethora of different things that they could state grabbed their attention, but in my opinion I think that the main things that really grab one's attention about this cover is the use of line, but also the use of a symmetrical design, although it is such a busy cover to begin with. Overall, I'd have to say that out of the three book covers I have chosen, this one would definitely be my favorite just due to the sheer complexity of the design itself.