The first three book covers I redesigned for the Harry Potter series. Story-time: ever since I was a wee baby child, the Harry Potter series has always been a big part of my life. As cliche as it sounds, it's what got me into reading when I was growing up and my interest in the books hasn't diminished since. As a long time fan, I've been around the block a time or two and seen my fair share of variant book covers from different artists and countries. My concept was that I wanted to stray away from having any illustrations of the main trio and focus on specific elements/ objects that were important to each book without spoiling anything for new time fans while also incorporating Easter eggs for longtime fans such as myself.
Front and Back Covers: 1 of 2
1. The Sorcerers Stone: This was probably the hardest concept to design.I went with a silhouette of the Hogwarts Express in the foreground, behind that a silhouette of Hogwarts in the background and the forbidden forest on the sides. Then everything is placed inside of the Sorcerer's/ Philosopher's Stone to show that the Hogwarts will never vanish and will always live on. In front of everything else there are a couple Hogwarts letters falling like how Harry receives his letters in the books. The letter idea is further illustrated on the back cover (left) with the owl dropping dozens of letters around the text.
2. The Chamber of Secrets: This was the simplest design to create. The front cover is the door to the Chamber of Secrets while the back cover shows Dumbordore's Phoenix:Fawkes fighting the Basilisk.
3. The Prisoner of Azkaban: My favorite book of the entire series and thus the cover I am most excited with the outcome. At first I struggled with ideas because the first thing I thought of was the wanted poster for Sirius Black since he plays a HUGE role in the book. But that idea seemed too obvious and overdone in my mind. So instead I went with the teacup that Harry receives in divination class with the prediction of the Grimm. In this metaphorical sense, the Grimm represents Sirius Black in his animagus form which is placed inside of Hogwarts castle because Sirius snuck into the castle while he was a dog. Both the design of the castle and the footsteps are reminiscent of pieces found on the Marauder's map which Sirius and Remus both contributed in making. The footsteps also tie into Peter Pettigrew who was discovered to be alive by his footsteps on the Marauder's map. Finally the circle that the illustration is in represents the full moon and Remus's transformation into a werewolf each month.
1. Sorcerer's stone: Harry's glasses with the iconic lightning bolt
2. Chamber of Secrets: Tom Riddle's diary- aside from being an element of how Harry gets into the Chamber, it's also a horcrux.
3. Prisoner of Azkaban: The Time Turner- Its how Harry and Hermione are able to go back in time to rescue Sirius and Buckbeak from death.
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