NOUGHTS & CROSSES

1ST IDEAS & 1ST SKETCHES

I had a couple of first ideas based on some selected quotes from the book that had particularly interested me and showed different sides of the book, different sides I could use as a theme for the front cover.

RESEARCH & INSPIRATION

Once I had an idea I liked and wanted to work with, I needed to do a little research, find some inspiration. My idea was to show this situation of reverse racism that was taking place in the book. I wanted to convey this by showing famous moments in history where black people suffered injustice by the hand of white people and turn that around. Therefore I started looking into recent events such as Black Lives Matter but didn’t find anything that triggered my interest. I wanted something more historical. And what could fit better then photos of the first time a black student went to an all white school?

BLACK LIVES MATTER //

FILE – In this Saturday, July 9, 2016 file photo, police officers arrest activist DeRay McKesson during a protest along Airline Highway, a major road that passes in front of the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters in Baton Rouge, La., after the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling by two white Baton Rouge police officers. OurStates.org, a new initiative launched by Black Lives Matter activists is trying to re-focus the movement’s efforts to state capitols, building on the momentum at the federal level to push back against President Donald Trump’s political agenda, targeting legislation on issues like policing and immigration. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)