Book Design - Frankenstein

Project Overview & Inspiration

This project is based on Frankenstein, the story of a scientist who attempts to create life artificially. However, the creature he brings to life is met with rejection and discrimination, leading it to seek revenge against both humanity and its creator. Their conflict ultimately ends in tragedy, with both characters meeting their demise.

The purpose of this project is to explore and visualize the themes of the story through line-based illustration. The lines in this design represent both the stitches used to construct the creature and the individual timelines of each character. As the narrative progresses, these lines intersect, tangle, and evolve, reflecting the growing tension between creator and creation.

In the final stage, all lines converge and gradually disappear, symbolizing the inevitable and sorrowful ending of the story.

Font & Color

Garamond

Header: Garamond Italic 28/25

Body: Garamond Regulal 9/25

Quotation: Garamond Italic 11/50

Footer: Garamond Light 6/50

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The font family of this book is Garamond typefaces, which is an old-style serif typeface, and offers elegance and readability.

The color palette of this book consists of red, blue, and black. Red represents blood, monstrosity, and the tragic fate of the creature. Blue symbolizes the precision, control, and underlying tragedy of the creator.

The strong contrast between red and blue runs throughout the book, visually expressing the tension and complex relationship between the monster and Frankenstein.

Cover Concept

The concept of this book is to use line drawing to reveal the relationship between the two main characters.

Final Cover & Spine

Back Cover

Spine

Front Cover

Layout Design

Trying to use the image plus text layout to present the inside book, which make a simple and clean layout design.

Inside Page Illustration

This is the inside illustration page of my book, following my main concept that I try to use the blue and red colors to express the two main characters. Also, my illustration style is line-drawing, which I use the line to reveal their emotions and story theme.