Book cover development

the initial idea was to have the suicide king take his hand of his hart as to insinuate that he is not trustworthy. Typography is placed where the letters on that cards are placed. 

the typeface used is Didot, as it is a modern serif typeface, this is to represent the official but modern take on politics. The inspiration for the typeface is taken from the joker card in the deck the illustration the card is taken away. The king of hearts is known for being selfish and desiring power. The hand of the heart is to showcase the way that Jones represents the establishment as liars and inconsistent. 

 In order to have the front and back cover to be related, I turned the back cover into an ace. The ace of hearts represents love and passion, the king is reaching for the ace as it represents passion and love, as the establishments want the public to trust and love the establishment, but it can never reach it. The line with the "how they get away with it" is mirrored at the bottom this does not work as it is not legible at all so this has to change. The idea of this was to keep the symmetry in the design like a normal card would be.  

The previous design looked a bit flat with the back being illustrated and the front being a card, so with this design, there is a card on both sides. 

The cards do not look alike as the ace has a slight shadow on the left, this left the design a bit lopsided, so in order to make the card look more real, I have created a shadow to the left on the king also.