This is my 9th book, so you'd think this kind of thing would be old hat to me by now, but there's really nothing better than seeing something you worked so hard on in tangible form for the first time. I hope the rest of you will be as excited as I am when the book ships on October 26th.
Wow.
ReplyDeleteI see your "wow" and raise you a "zounds!"
ReplyDeleteBeautiful book! Just like a Moleskine!! Can't wait to get my hands on it.
ReplyDeleteScott the book looks amazing the debossing of the title looks mint. What a slick looking product.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Noel and James!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! Jennifer did great design work. It seems that colour is used in an interesting fashion as well; any comments on that?
ReplyDeleteWill you be selling the original art from this project?
Hi Keith,
ReplyDeleteThe book is coloured in tones of brown and red. I break out the red at pretty much the obvious times: when someone's hurt, or been killed, or there's a general atmosphere of danger and death. You'll get the idea when you see the book.
And while there's a small handful of very personal pages I'll be holding on to, YES I will be selling original art from this project. Both at personal appearances, and online when I finally get around to setting up an art store here at the site.
Also, thanks to James and Noel for the nice comments. I'll take a compliment from Noel Tuazon any day of the week!
ReplyDeleteScott, why go with this colour palate and not full colour? Consciously trying to create a specific mood or is there an element of distancing the work from full-colour "comic books"? I'm just curious, not judging, by the way; I think the pages look great!
ReplyDeleteWell, I have no problem with full-colour (which I use on my Three Thieves books), or "comic books". But a limited colour just felt right for this project, and, as I mentioned above, created the opportunity to use the colours symbolically.
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