Book Design for my self-designed, self-published poetry book, "Rewound"
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imgur.comPosted Jul 11, 2016, 10:57 PM UTC
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imgur.comnice! the front cover is really nice and I like your use of white space! I even saw you made one poem run across the gutter, be careful because that can impact the readability!!
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Believe me, I went through three proofs making sure nothing was too far into the gutter! Thank you for the feedback!
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Hey guys! I'm stoked to show off a project I'm FINALLY finishing at the end of my college career... I studied Writing in college, but I have always practiced design in my spare time, so this was my opportunity to merge the two together. I didn't know where else to post this, so I hope this is the right place!
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This is awesome
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Thank you so much!
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Very nice looking!
Congrats man. Best of luck to you and much success!
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to be honest. i don't like it. it shows quality design but it takes itself too seriously with it. gives off the vibe that someone just learned the basic principles of good design and just smashed it all together to show off that they know it as opposed to taking elements of quality design and developing it into something more calm that anyone can get into. I feel like it's more for show than it is for read.
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Yeah, that's literally the point— these are some of the more tame layouts in the book, so you really wouldn't like what I did with the rest. I've been practicing design for a while, but never with much formal training, so I would agree that I did just learn the basic principles of design and smash something together.
That said, This is a lot closer to an art book than a straight-up poetry book. Thanks for the feedback though!
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Yeah, I mean you did great work here. Not saying you didn't! Keep it up :)
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Andy! Looking good bud. Keep up the good work!
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Goddess*
It actually does say Goddess, if you looked close enough you'd see that the second d hits the middle and the e starts there as well, the book is not open flat, so it's easy to miss.
Anyway, great job!
This is correct— thanks for clarifying! It's much more readable with the actual book in your hands! Even I had a mini-heart attack when I saw these comments. Like u/anazdravic said, you really gotta pay attention to the gutter when you're making something like this.