Freelancer February: Jason Anscomb on Designing The Psychopath
The Psychopath pitches itself somewhere between American Psycho and Dexter and is influenced by both to some small extent.
The cover brief was to find a solution that hinted at the themes of academia and murder. The main protagonist also had clear signs of having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder which I thought could possibly play a part in the design.
An initial thought I followed for a while was to portray a murder weapon. How about a baseball bat (from P.E.) a compass or sharpened pencil?