drawings for book

Here are some drawings that will end up in the book im making. I have done them with indian ink, then scanned them in to make them as black as possible so they can be printed out to be prepared on a screen. i have done them all A4 so that when they are scaled down for the book they will hopefully look nicer. There will be the odd few pages which break the flow as i was advised to do this in the crit because it keeps the book engaging.

..... 28th oct





here are the pages on A1 sheets ready to take down to screen print. It looked quite complicated at first to figure out the pageination especially because i researched it in this book that made it even more hard to understand, but once i ignored the book and made a mock up of my book, i could easily figure out what pages had to be next to each other. its probably the wrong way to do it but it works for me. I have had to remember to add space round the edge so when it gets trimmed it wont cut off any drawing and also that the first and last pages will be stuck down. i think these will just be printed in black or maybe another colour if i have time.

Crit 2

After todays crit I'm a bit confused but a bit happier at the same time.
These are the suggestions people made and the issues I need to think about with my two briefs:

Postcard brief:
- I said it is a summary of the news from the past month so if you've been away or just want a nice collection of postcards you can get them.
- Could it double up as promotional material for a particular newspaper? Promote the sections of the Guardian.
- Should it be looking forward rather than a retrospective summary? i.e. gives an overview of the news stories that will be followed in the next month.
- I could illustrate the website information.
- The back needs to be simpler, not the hand drawn feel because people want to read the news not look at something nice (thats what the front is for)
- I could use the typeface, point size and stuff from The Guardian for the back.
- I could try and help a newspaper thats not doing very well
- I think I will still do the retrospective news but direct the reader to the website or give a very brief overview (maybe on one postcard or on the inside of the pack) for the next month.

Book brief:
- I didn't know if my subject matter was silly but they said its fine.
- I want it to be like Edward Monkton
- I want to make some postcards to go with it of the best/funny pages.
- I could choose one food and make a poem/story about it/why i hate it/love it.
- I want to consider everything to the end as if it were a real product e.g. set of postcards wrapped in celophane, proper cover for the book and give everything a name to make it a set.
- I could do different printing processes for each page (probably wont cos im lazy) e.g. potato - potato printing, tomatoes - glossy stock.

- It will probably have to be a normal book rather than experimenting with the format. A6 size like the cute ones in borders.


I need to :
- Look at The Guardian website (apparently they do picture news)
- Research editorial illustration/illustrators
- Think of a brand/ name for book stuff.
- Draw the pages big and scale them down to make them look better.

hand drawn or typed?

Ive been thinking about the general look of my image postcards, in particular the backs of them which will have the headline of the story and possibly the whole article too. I don't know whether they should be hand drawn to be in keeping with the illustrative style of the front, or typed so they are clear to read. i think this is the most important thing i want feedback on for the crit

Changes to briefs

After the crit yesterday I feel a lot more comfortable with the 2 briefs I have started. These are the postcard brief - using current news articles to make images which represent weekly stories through image - and a book brief which will have a collection of drawings screen printed in a book. The crit helped me to identify some issues with the briefs - these are:

Brief 1:
- Get rid of newspaper texture which I had been using because it was making it hard to see the image
- Put headline/story on the back of postcard
- Think about layout
- Consider using appropriate visual language for each category e.g. business - graphs, symbols.
- Specify that it is a digital print brief
- Think about limiting the colour - two colour
- If its an ongoing brief, how do I keep it challenging?
- Decide how many postcards i will do for each

Brief 2:
- Is it crafting/product led? If so then content doesn't really matter (I was worried about what the content could be)
- Decided on I love/ i hate theme
- Have odd pages that are surprising/sick/odd ones out to keep it interesting
- Could ask other people what they love/hate
- Could make something else if I have time (playing cards hee hee)
- Could have an interesting form like a reversible book - I love one way and I hate another way. Or pop up?
- Need to collect the information and start drawing.


After this I rewrote the two briefs:

What do I want to do???!!!

I think I need to clarify what it is I want to do this year because between my presentation, rationale and the two strategy sessions, ive been confused, changed my mind and contradicted myself loads of times (even though thats only been 7 days). So after todays session I need to make the ULTIMATE list of things that I like, and want to do, which will be the truth this time. This will hopefully help me write these 4 briefs so here goes:

i like to do things in sets
i want to try graphics for some sort of exhibition/museum/visitor centre etc.
i want to do the branding and promotional material for that exhibition/museum/visitor centre
i want to do more competition briefs
i like making images
i want to do work that comments on an ethical issue or current news issue
i like things that are nice to touch
i want to make cute books
i want to have a collection of 1000 drawings of something (like my bugs)
i like to interpret text and information into images
i want to make information more fun
i want to do advertising for something i agree with
i want to do a creative CV
i want to work with a fun subject matter
i want to make decks of playing cards forever
i want to make people think - "i learned something today"
i want to make people laugh
i want to do more things without a computer
i want to make work that is driven by the idea and message and not just for looking nice



aaaahhhhh that feels good.