Results of the “A new cover for my favorite book” contest

Article originalement posté sur le blog du CDI

From April to June, high school students had the opportunity to put themselves in the shoes of an artistic director in order to create a first cover for a book of their choice (more information here).

Today we invite you to discover the results, originally posted and commented by Coralie on the CDI blog.

Congratulations to all the participants!

The jury:

  • Mathilde Berger
  • Frédérique HouseauxThibaut Terral
  • Claude Daram
  • Benedict of Fontenay
  • Gaspard Levavasseur

 

  • Simon Muller
  • Elodie Nutaïs
  • Elisabeth Rønne – The New Year
  • Julie Alenda

1st prize – Mila (2nd)

“It’s very poetic!”

“Very aesthetic composition”

2nd prize – Marius (4th)

“A real cover”

“impressive”

3rd prize – Virgil (6th)

“What finesse in the details!”

“My daughter’s favorite. Excellent work of illustration, we find all the characters, she recognized them at first glance. »

4th prize – Lukas W. (4th)

“Very original composition”

“A good composition. Simple colors and shapes attract attention. The 2 writings go very well together. »

5th prize – Isabelle (5th)

“It’s very poignant”

“A very good composition. The face gives a dramatic appearance. »

6th place – Embla (3rd)

“A wonderful blanket. The composition is completely original while taking up all the elements of the film. The illustrations are beautifully made, a very beautiful work of artistic director and illustrator. »

7th place - Hortense (2nd)
8th place - Axelle (2nd)

8th place bis – Nicolas Nourry (5th)

“I love the composition of this cover. It perfectly reflects the book. The artistic director was able to perfectly take up the elements of the covers of the previous books, while making a perfectly original composition. I particularly love that the color of their dragon appears behind each dragonmaker. In very nice work of illustration in addition.”

9eme place – Emily 

10th place – Vassily, Eliot and Barthelemy

"Dramatic composition." "Very interesting proposal"
"I really liked the quality of the drawing, the attitude of the characters, the colors used that contrast the two characters well, and above all, I find very original the presence of felts that evokes the illustration being done, but also the importance of the drawing in the manga, and which therefore put well in relation the imagined cover with the content of the book concerned. "