This brief was part of a design contest. It called for a colorful yet serious cover to attract teens and adults who survived child abuse or childhood trauma. Client wanted to stay away from dark colors and a black background. 

Deliverables: Book Cover design

I chose yellow as the background as it's a color of hope. It's also a color often associated with school and learning. In a child's world this can mean yellow pencils or school buses but going a step further, learning how to let go of past traumas. A woman with the silhouette of a little girl inside her head is symbolic to the place where our memories live. However, because trauma often leaves one with a feeling of emptiness and a sense of not knowing who one is beyond their trauma, I purposely left the silhouette blank, white and the little girl inside, in negative space to represent that void. I chose the font for the Title to be placed inside the little girl's silhouette and therefor in a font that feels almost childlike. The word "Trauma" is most prominent to emphasize not only what the topic of this book is, but what a big impact trauma can have on one's life.