Eleanor & Park is one of my favorite books, so when I decided that I would spend some time working with book covers, it was my first choice. I started with the cassette tape. In the story, Eleanor and Park give each other mix tapes, I wanted it to be the focal point of the cover. I love the teal and orange color combination, I wanted to play with it because it's fun and retro. I brought the creamy-yellow color in as an accent color. Choosing the fonts was surprisingly time consuming. For the title I wanted something more hand written. I ended up editing the individual letters to make them seem more realistic. I chose a font that looked more scripty for the author's name. I wanted it to look more like a signature than just a typed name. I chose the rigid, thin lined font to offset the thicker, more scripty fonts.