Senior Book Jacket: A Senior Narrative Book Jacket by Cayley Ho (2015)

Conflict arises when Carla, Maurice's extremely noisy roommate, comes home and barges into Maurice's room, disrupting his peace. Maurice, tired and frustrated, lashes out at Carla for being annoying and loud. Realizing that his words may have been hurtful, Maurice approaches Carla to apologize. He discovers that she had only been excited about giving him a kitten and that he was being too rash in his assumptions. Carla, in turn, realizes that she is often inconsiderate about Maurice's need for quiet. At the end of the story, Maurice and Carla reconcile their differences as they bond over what to name his new kitten.

I decided to use a black kitten on the cover because in my story, the kitten was the key to resolving the conflict between the two main characters. In Illustrator, I used the image trace function to create a more comic book-like effect on the cat. In Photoshop, I used a filter to edit a photo of trees to created texture that resembled sound waves for the background. Using InDesign, I applied some offset lines to the sides of my book cover to instill a slightly kooky feeling.