You can see here the original image before... and after it underwent a process of transformation... and finally...
it's layout ot the book page.
In some cases, several original photos were combined...
...to create the final image that supports the poetry.
How Corvus Was Made
The Birth of a Book... from Content, through Editing, and Design to Final Printing
The Creative Vision
When I started writing haiku and short-form poetry, I found my experiences with crows and ravens to nest perfectly in the comfort of the form’s sparsity. Their black starkness against almost any backdrop imbued the space around them with a sort of yin-yang mystical quality.
The Text & Image Architecture
(InDesign & Photoshop)
After years of creating a body of Corvid poems, I started using photographs to perfectly manipulate them into woodblock-style images. This process began to draw the pieces of this project together. You can see that some of my images incorporate as many as five different photographs carefully collaged into an image that supports the poetry, which stands comfortably on the page with ample margins.
The final project in InDesign incorporates a body font and a poem title font, as well as the cover and title page all together in a perfectly assembled package. My design was most inspired by the tiny hardcover book "Sacred Geometry" by Miranda Lundy. Also a square book about 6" X 6" with the most amazing macro-typography design.
Print & Manufacturing Specifications
• Format: 6" x 6" Square Art Monograph
• Binding: Premium Smyth-Sewn Binding
• Paper Stock: 100 lb Matte Laminate Paper
• Finishing Accents: Black Fabric Ribbon Marker
• Production Run: Limited Short-Run Printing of 100 Copies
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