Term 1

Week 7

Today, we listened to Jon’s presentation about the history of certain art periods. It was really interesting seeing the history of important art movements and gave me ideas to research into this in later projects for better context. The connection at the end between the opening of Japan and then the atomic bomb ending the Second World War was really interesting.

Week 7

I got my book guillotined to the A5 landscape, and the final look is really nice and I really like it. It looks a lot cleaner and better than I thought it would be. The pictures are really good quality and the interactive element in the inside pages makes it more interesting for the reader, and adds an even more personal touch. One thing K would say is I wish the inside small images were better quality and resolution but the only way I could print it was on the library printers which all had the same effect.

Week 7

I think this actually took the longest, as I had to measure out each pocket and make sure they were in the same place on either fold out. I measured the centre point on the page to get it even and then measured the actual images to make sure the pocket would fit them. I put them on the outer page in case the glue could be seen from the front and back pages. I made the images exactly the same as the mock up, by threading them with red thread (to add a small pop of colour to break away from the main book) and then taping the thread into the pocket. The purpose of the extra photos is to make the reader actually feel the book and be curious into how it works.

The photos themselves are not great quality as I had to print them from the library, but because they are small it isn't as noticeable as it would have been on my main photos. Despite that, I think it loos really cool and overall adds another texture and interactive feature to my book.

Week 7

I decided to do a stapled bind as the metal of the staples merges in better with the card and the middle page photo, plus the metal connects to my theme of the gym. The staples are pretty even, I measured it on the standard rule line, but they aren't in the middle of the spine, however, they are barley seen anyway so that isn't a problem. The inside pages got slightly caught on the staples, which has left a mark on both pages but this damage is minimal.

Week 7

I printed my fold out pages on the same paper as my sample - Canford CD A1 Frosted Silver. Jordy managed to print it in one long strip so that I can make the folds to make the jacket for the book. The text is clear and looks exactly like how I planned it. After putting the pages inside, I realised that the inner pages are slightly too long so will have to be cut down about 2mm. I do think the text could have been a bit darker, but I still love how it has turned out.

Measurements - 210mm each section with a 1mm spine

Week 7

When printing my inside pages there were some problems with being able to print a spread on SRA3, we managed to solve this by swapping around the paper measurements.

Once they were printed I was able to use the creaser machine to fold the pages nicely, ready to be bound and then guillotined.

It was much better quality than the mock up, and I am starting to like the book, the more it is being made.

Week 7

The last thing I added to my mock up, were these extra photos that you can pull out of a pocket, and are attached by thread. I think this works well and adds an interactive part to my book. It also responds to my sketchbook work as I have done something similar with other small images, and have displayed some work in pockets. I will have to make sure I use the same paper I print on for the pockets, so it looks more together.

Week 7

Today, we bound our Concept Colliders, we each folded a bunch of the A3 pieces of paper with our work. This was done similarly to the binding workshop. We then put our pages into the front covers and used our creaser to make sure everything was nicely folded with a sharp edge. Next, we stapled the cover and pages to properly bind them and Hannah used the guillotine to cut the some of the edges, so that the pages are individual spreads instead of still connected with the fold. Overall, I think we created a really nice booklet with all of our work and I love the bright colours that were created from the riso printer.

Week 7

I got a sample of the paper I wanted from the Uni Shop, which a metallic silver, and Jordy tested it out on a printer to see if it would work, and it did! She said I can up the intensity so that it is darker and more clear.

I chose the metallic silver to represent the metal of barbells and other gym equipment.

Week 7

I printed the fold outs in individual pages on A4 paper, I then cut them down to the right size and taped up the back, so that I could fold them in the right places. The pages were slightly too big so I had to fold the inside pages along the short edge, so that it fit. I can now see how my book will look, and seeing it physically makes me feel better about it, as I wasn't sure how it would turn out.

Week 7

Once my pages were paginated, I printed them on A3 paper as a spread and double sided. I then used the creaser machine to fold the in half, however I did make a mistake on the measurements so I had to re crease it. Jordy then cut it down to where the crop marks are on the guillotine. I checked over to see if anything needed to be changed, but it was all there and no mistakes on the pages.

Now it is physically made, I can see how it is going to work, before hand I didn't actually like it and was unsure if it was going to look good. Now, I am starting to like it, and once it is properly done it will put my mind at ease.

Week 7

Before printing out my mock up, I had to paginate the pages so that when the book is put together everything is in the right order. Jordy showed me how to do it manually, by creating a new InDesign file and putting the exported pages into the new one, in a alternate way - sort of like hop scotch.

Week 7

I finally worked out what I wanted to put in the fold out pages, which are black and white images of me and my friends, so that the reader has a face to a name.

Week 6

In the last InDesign Induction, we learnt how to make baseline grids and how to use that to make guides that fit our page well. This lesson was super useful for my project, as I used this technique to make guides for my InDesign pages. We then looked at text setting and formatting and how to make our text have indents and spaces before and after paragraphs. One of the most useful things I learnt was to paginate my pages by making a B-parent spread and creating current page numbers so that each page had an automatic page number, again something I used for my project. Our last task was to correct a Christmas advert depending on if we got sans serif or serif.

Week 6

Page 16 is my absolute favourite, I started with one photo of myself but darkened out, and then added in this quote to answer the question and bring the whole book together. Briony actually told me to make the photo the whole width of the page and then make the writing white, and I think it looks so good like this and is a complete contrast to page 1 of my book. It was the quickest page to make and one of the most effective in making my book whole.

Week 6

I originally had a blockier text, but I felt like it was too much, although I liked the idea of having a block text as it relates to the block-i-ness of bodybuilding. In my other research, I had looked at 1970's photography and I think giving it this typewriter font, perhaps makes it have more of a 70's aesthetic. It looks much lighter and I like the contrast of the two fonts, one with a fluidity to it, and the other is very symmetrical.

Week 6

I had to re-arrange some of the layout order, to make it make more sense, and so it had more of a flow and story behind it. I will continue to check everything makes sense, and has some sort of consistency.