A Kind of Mutiny

This is the second book cover I did for graphic design class. It was based upon a really depressing short story about a man who loses his thumb in a saw accident in his workshop. His dog takes his thumb, and will not give it back. His wife eventually gathers the thumb from the dog, and the husband is taken to the hospital, but it is too late to re-attach his thumb. The man takes the loss of his thumb hard, and begins to neglect his workshop and abuse drugs. He hates his dog for being disloyal to him, and hates his wifes perfect hands. I captured the story in the book cover by using an extremely uncomfortable cropped composition. I filled the title with a subtle background of pills, and used dull colours for the background.