Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Getting There

Okay, so progress is going pretty good so far on the book (almost done!). There's about five more illustrations to finish up and then a few spot illustrations (which are relatively small and don't need marker so it should go faster) and then the visuals are done. Besides that there's really just finishing touches on the layouts. I've added in an author's note page at the beginning because I feel that it might help give the book some context as to how and why it's different. I'm thinking this author's note will be brief (maybe even just one or two lines) because I really don't want to give away too much I just want to establish that this isn't your childhood fairytale (hey, maybe I'll just use that). Anyway, I've practiced some of the bindings as well and pretty much I'm happy with the look of it I just need to practice a bit more so that the stitches are bit more even etc.

As for the leather dilemma, I've managed to find a place that sells leather scraps and skins for pretty cheap so now it's just a matter of going downtown to have a look and see if I can find anything that works for my book. Will keep you posted on the results of that excursion. I was also looking into the vinyl cutting for the lettering on the cover but the only problem is that the detail on the capital letters is so tiny it'll most likely get lost at the size I need to print it which means....I'm thinking I may have to try doing it by hand. This might not be my favorite option but it might actually end up working with the whole rustic look I'm going for with the leather etc. and the imperfections of painting it on the leather by hand may give it more character. I don't know, we'll see.

All in all, though good progress and I'm happy with how it's turning out so far. I'll keep working on it!

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