I have now been developing my design to a close final decision of my book cover, focusing on the WildWood scene.  The scene is a snowy landscape with trees with Ratty trying to find his good friend Mole.  I've tried to convey a dark, mysterious land whilst also holding that the fact It's a child's book as an adults too.

The harder parts so far I would say are designing Rat and Mole in Illustrator.  Their appearances vary in different scripts by different illustrators and authors.  Taking these into my own hands is proving quite difficult.  I continued my on-going research some more on the characters themselves from the Wind in the willows illustrations to see how they were being drawn and created.  I now have a basic look and feel of how they will look but not a definite final image.

I have almost finished this for our class crit on monday for feedback on elements I may change.