Binding

We were shown different ways to create books and zines. There's a previous post with a video on how to create a zine starting with one sheet of paper. Japanese bookbinding is also very very decorative, and not as hard as I would have thought. Here is the least annoying tutorial I found on youtube.

 

 Obviously there are hundreds of different ways of stitching to choose from. And a lot more non-japanese stitching. And simple staplers. :)

I'm looking forward to trying some of these out, see where my patience (or lack of) gets me...

Underbelly Project

The point of the "underbelly project" was to create an artist book or zine on something we enjoyed drawing that could be linked to Birmingham.
I started looking at burlesque dancers, events in Birmingham, pin-ups, clothing, steampunk style, poses etc.

 

These are kind of what the final pages will look like...what I need to do is draw a lot more then pick out the ones I prefer, work a lot on details. So a lot to do, but at least I have a pretty good idea of what the final product will look like. I had found a font I really like, and might see if it looks good somewhere, but at least the cover will probably be all black, no writing at all, maybe a bit on an image.

Sweded Birmingham

Our new and final project before Christmas! More info on it here.
The film my group was given is...Sergio Leone's "For a Few Dollars More".

 

This is an animation-based project, and as I know nothing about and have only two weeks to complete it, I'm going to have to work hard. With the time we have, I think the best way to make something good is with stop-motion. Even having chosen that film, there's a lot to be decided yet!