Thanks! It was fun to (finally) get the cover to work. Using only four colors was a real design challenge, and the cover went through a really ugly stage before I worked it out 😂 but that’s art for you, right? If I could have one more color I think I would add a few clouds to the background so it would have a bit more texture/interest without drawing away from the main focal points.
I was both surprised and not surprised that several of the others had a similar composition with the castle on the front cover and the scarecrow on the back. The title of the book being what it is, putting Howl’s Moving Castle on the front makes sense. And what other story element could work in the composition to add interest to the back? Obviously the scarecrow. One could argue that it’s unoriginal, but at the same time the fact that many talented artists went for that solution means, to me, that it is a great representation of the book. 🤷♀️