Okay, I've been thinking about what questions I still need answered and here's what I've come up with;
1. I am considering using leather for the cover of the book and possibly seeing if I can deboss the title into that. But I'm not sure whether the cover of the book should be hardcover or softcover considering I'm going for an old, worn look. What does everyone else think?
2. On certain pages the text runs shorter and I've decided to put spot illustrations in to fill the space. I'm wondering whether the spot illustrations should have any colour in them (same restricted pallet as the full page illustrations which use only black, white, grey, and red or blue) or if they should remain strictly as inked illustrations?
3. Also, with the spot illustrations, I am wondering whether they need to strictly depict something related to the text on that page or whether they can illustrate something from the broader story. Specifically I'm thinking of having each of the seven Redcaps (dwarves) appear in a spot illustration throughout the book but this will mean that some of them will appear on pages which don't necessarily have anything to do with the Redcaps specifically. I'm not sure whether this will matter or if it's better to just stick with spot illustrations that depict what the accompanying text is about. What do people think about this?
Thanks!
Karen,
ReplyDelete1. Do it. there is a machine in the type room that can create a thingy to do it somehow i don't know exactly how it works, ask reg.
2. Spot illustrations sound like they could work, and i personally think you should do them in the style of old engravings, then you should do them ONE color. Now if you have a red and black color scheme or something then yeah it would be totally cool to do the illustrations in the red ink or whatever you want. otherwise black is fine
3. I think the idea is fine, they are just illustrations people wont pay that much attention to their significance, kindof just ornamentation at that point.
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-51853276/stock-photo-old-engraving-illustration-of-open-human-eye.html
1. you should do a hardcover! it would look so nice
ReplyDelete2. spot illustrations would be nice too.. maybe strictly inked illustrations so that the fullpage illustrations stand out more?
3. I don't think it's necessary for the spot illustrations to link with the text. As long as it creates the mood of the whole story, I think it will be powerful.
ReplyDelete1. Go for it! It'll look good.
ReplyDelete2. I don't think you should add spot illustrations to fill up space. I feel as though it should have more significance than just a filler. If you do the spot illustrations maybe they should also appear in other places besides the end of paragraphs.
1. I think Kaycee from last year did the similar thing last year. She was doing a book on Alice in the Wonderland. The debossed title will connect the content very well, because it's a classic novel. You can take a look at Kaycee's, to see how she did it (http://kcngdesign.blogspot.com/) !
ReplyDeleteWhen I read your entry I immediately thought of my favorite childhood book, Something From Nothing. It had running illustrations throughout the entire book and was a remembered feature, which I think will help differs yours from other years.
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