Homework 3 Blog

I enjoy cooking and have a collection of cookbooks. This scan is of the cover of a cookbook of Morimoto's recipes. The natural colors of his face are echoed in the title banner/bands and the greenish/grayscale background gradient brings the focus to his face even more. The dark edges and highlighted areas of the background recede and also draw my focus to the center, balancing the top two-thirds of the image. He must have a big ego because the title banner area covers the bottom third of the page and has secondary importance.



This cookbook has recipes from the Middle East. The foods and flavors are the focus of the book. The foods are the central focus in the image, also. The circular shapes of the title and the placement of the items draw your eye to the center, as does the bright yellow fruit. The fonts and gold filigree around the outside edge emphasize the exotic nature of the region.