book layout

After identifying that i am going to make my pages landscape, bind is with the Japanese stab stitch method and also clarified my sub headings and content i then started to design the page layout

below are my first developments of my page layout: 

inicial layouts 

i decided that i liked the look of the layout that i found when researching the 'steal like and artist' book and decided to also crate my pages in black with white text, using Futura Condensed Med for the bulk text and Future medium for the headings and titles. This worked well as the typeface was not a very considered and professional typeface unlike times new roman etc and was not as relaxed as comic sans, and worked well with the over all feel that i wanted for the book. I Decided that i not like the look of the numbers in Futura medium or Futura Condensed Med so i decide that a simple change to helvetica was more appropriate as the numbers of helvetica were a lot more legible than those of future. 

I decided that changing the colour and style of the page for the next chapter would work well as the tips were getting more important that future the book went on so i thought the change would emphasise this. I also decided on orange as it was mentioned in my first crit that it would be an appropriate colour to use as it is associated with positivity.

below are the planned layouts for the final pages for my book, i have decided that i am going to go with a similar layout as the previous chapter as it is just and extension for that chapter, and it will be red as red could be considered as a more intense orange and will relate the the intensity of the tips increasing.

Below are the developments of my initial book pages:

 

I decided to change the layout of the first chapter to the same style of layout as the others as i though that it would create a constant flow and link and the colour changes would be enough to emphasis the intensity of the stages.

Above is the developed and finished pages of the last chapter. 

above is the design of the doodle page, i decided to follow it on with still using the red for the text as it create a like to the previous page and still looks part of the book.

consideration of stamp

Above is the first development of the introduction/contents page, i crete this with the idea unmanned of design a stamp so stamp on the bottom of the introduction page as i though it would be effective and be a good reference of a stamp sign of approval symbolising that the project is finished. After design this i then decided that creating an accurate stamp with lettering in would be hard to achieve as creating sharp lines when lino cutting is very hard to create.

 final without stamp

after deciding that creating a stamp was unachievable and unnecessary i re worked the pages and created the above layout.

Below are the considerations of the text colour for the front page.

orange 

black

Found it have to choose between orange and black as the orange was a good reference to the pages in the book and also made the book look positive straight away, But the black looked professional and informative, and informative is the look that i wanted to give front the book. 

I then had to consider the colour of the paper that i would use for the front cover. As orange was a common colour in my book and had become a theme i though that it would be best suited. 

I then case across a very nice shiny/shimmery paper on G.F SMITHS that i though would look very nice on the front f my book as it looked very inviting and positive, because of this i have decided that this would be that cover and back of my book protecting the title page.