Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Many cover illustrations for Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous novella (first published in 1886) feature one or the other of the iconic title characters. My top priority was to find a way to include both the respectable doctor and his dark alter ego, and to give them equal emphasis in the composition. I have rarely employed the old “contrast the figure and its cast shadow” device, but it seemed the perfect solution for this problem. The title type was centered over Hyde’s shadow.
