My Cover XV: The Cover's the Thing

For the finale of Shakespeare week the great tragedy of the Prince of Denmark.

I tried to merge a crown, skull and Hamlet all into one image. Madness or brilliance? You decide ;)

My Cover XIV: Star Cross'd Lovers

In honour of one of the most famous almost-fourteen-year-olds in the history of literature.

I tried to capture the feud in the colours used for the cover. Romeo and Juliet on opposite sides, yet with bloodshed touching all. The lovers are connected with both a heart and a dagger.

My Cover XIII: Unlucky Thirteen

What better play to present in the thirteenth My Cover post, than the unluckiest of plays: The Scottish Play!

I used the main character's family tartan and slowly faded it into red to show the character's descent into evil and murder.

My Cover XII: Twelfth Night

Could the twelfth post be any other play?

I tried to capture the duality of Viola/Cesario by merging a man and woman Janus-style.

My Cover XI: Othello

Othello involves some sea travel, so what better way to show Othello's descent into jealousy that with his name being swallowed by a green wave?

My Cover X: Friends, Romans, Countrymen

What better way to celebrate reaching roman numeral x than with some Roman plays?

For the plays set in the Roman Empire, I'm bordering the covers with columns and trying to capture key details in text. Julius Caesar has a dagger and laurel wreath replacing letters and a bloody font reveals Caesar's fate. For Antony and Cleopatra I used fonts representative of each of the characters' regions and turned an ampersand into an asp.

My Cover IX: Shakespeare Week!

Now that summer break is here I can start working on one of my summer goals: to read at least one new Shakespeare play! (Can you tell I'm an English teacher?) To tie in with that, I've devoted a week to some Shakespeare covers.

To begin, though it isn't midsummer yet, it is summer, so here is A Midsummer Night's Dream.

I wanted to keep it simple with a night sky above a forest to capture the setting, plus changing fonts for the title to capture the transformation that so permeates the play.