Creativity may matter, but apparently composition doesn’t. This cover is the equivalent of being locked in an elementary school art room overnight while a sugar-fueled class let loose with watercolors and clip art. We’ve got paintbrushes, rulers, pencils, easels, and splatters all chaotically floating around like they’re trapped in some kind of zero-gravity art supply disaster.
The yellow notebook in the middle is the cherry on top — looking like it was ripped straight out of an IKEA catalog and plopped down without a second thought. It’s supposed to anchor the design, but instead it just makes everything feel even more random. And don’t even get me started on the perspective: those easels are bending reality harder than an M.C. Escher sketch, and not in a good way.
Typography? “Creativity Matters” tries to play it whimsical, but instead it’s stranded in a blizzard of doodles, while the screaming red subtitle, “FIND YOUR PASSION FOR WRITING,” feels less like encouragement and more like a threat. Subtle inspiration clearly wasn’t on the mood board here.
Instead of evoking creativity, this cover screams, “LOOK! ART STUFF! NOW IT’S CREATIVE!” Spoiler: creativity isn’t about tossing every symbol of art you can think of onto one page. It’s about intention, and this cover has about as much intentional design as a fridge door covered in finger paintings.
If creativity really matters, maybe next time, leave the clip art in 1998 where it belongs.