wightzombie
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any comments in general etc.
my comments and ideas for the next book:
1. less repetitive computer generated art. i think everytime i went to make art for the book i froze up and thus the art was semi stiff ala not wholly varied. i broke many of my own rules like not sketching ideas out, being very rigid etc.
2. also for the next one id like to make at least to different 2 page spreads of every theme. so instead of, say just one 2 page fantasy spread graphic, ill have two so they change every other page and look a bit more varied. do it with the scifi and history pages also.
3. IMO the history graphics were okay but i didnt like the border. it could have been cleaner.
4. also id like to for fun have a really cool piece of art preceding each category (scifi fantasy hist) with a full textual header reading - Fantasy Miniatures. i think it would seperate the book a bit more instead of categories just running into eachother with no distinctive boundry. i tried to keep the pages together ala scifi is with scifi but its not always possible. pending the idea etc and my art level it may work. i have a cool idea for it.
5. more varied non category page graphics aka for index, manufacturers, dedication etc maybe have different graphics? i dont know what though.....
6. the cover will be different in the way that i will sketch it out 1st instead of just \"doing it\" on computer which is much more painfull and also it will be more flowing aka you wont see the same stuff on the right that you do on the left etc in duplicate form. i currently have ideas for the next 3 covers.
7. i tried full color background behind the minis but no matter what color i chose none of them seemed to work as well as white. next time though the category art will be more fun and varied and also it will fade up higher onto the page instead of just cutting off at a certain border. i think this will add more colors to the white pages without using a full solid color background which just didnt look good in tests.
8. the book could be bettered with some ideas ive covered and others ill be keeing to myself for surprise. i think i did good as the biggest print thing i had ever done before this was a couple page B&W pamphlet or a 2 color folder with inserts for a compay describing what they do. i think its good in the way that i did not put through anything i didnt like. not to mention cherns editing kept the cover from looking like crap and kept all the art inline. and next year i promise it wont be late as i know the exact sizes and hidden sizes and requirements.
9. i was thinking it would be nice to add soft drop shadows to all the minis boxes thier in. i just dont have that filter for quark so i dont know. it would add some small depth to the pages though although i think the new header art with dual variations and non repetive looser graphics will work wonders for the pages.
10. the tutorials were cool, id like to see actually a full tutorial book that would be hardback less thick but with more pages. i think it would be wild to have a killer series of them covering everything. thats a whhole different deal though. may be too crazy.
11. you comments (here). good layout, art, minis represented fairly, good quality, good price, more pages, added materials/categories, what do yah all think?
my comments and ideas for the next book:
1. less repetitive computer generated art. i think everytime i went to make art for the book i froze up and thus the art was semi stiff ala not wholly varied. i broke many of my own rules like not sketching ideas out, being very rigid etc.
2. also for the next one id like to make at least to different 2 page spreads of every theme. so instead of, say just one 2 page fantasy spread graphic, ill have two so they change every other page and look a bit more varied. do it with the scifi and history pages also.
3. IMO the history graphics were okay but i didnt like the border. it could have been cleaner.
4. also id like to for fun have a really cool piece of art preceding each category (scifi fantasy hist) with a full textual header reading - Fantasy Miniatures. i think it would seperate the book a bit more instead of categories just running into eachother with no distinctive boundry. i tried to keep the pages together ala scifi is with scifi but its not always possible. pending the idea etc and my art level it may work. i have a cool idea for it.
5. more varied non category page graphics aka for index, manufacturers, dedication etc maybe have different graphics? i dont know what though.....
6. the cover will be different in the way that i will sketch it out 1st instead of just \"doing it\" on computer which is much more painfull and also it will be more flowing aka you wont see the same stuff on the right that you do on the left etc in duplicate form. i currently have ideas for the next 3 covers.
7. i tried full color background behind the minis but no matter what color i chose none of them seemed to work as well as white. next time though the category art will be more fun and varied and also it will fade up higher onto the page instead of just cutting off at a certain border. i think this will add more colors to the white pages without using a full solid color background which just didnt look good in tests.
8. the book could be bettered with some ideas ive covered and others ill be keeing to myself for surprise. i think i did good as the biggest print thing i had ever done before this was a couple page B&W pamphlet or a 2 color folder with inserts for a compay describing what they do. i think its good in the way that i did not put through anything i didnt like. not to mention cherns editing kept the cover from looking like crap and kept all the art inline. and next year i promise it wont be late as i know the exact sizes and hidden sizes and requirements.
9. i was thinking it would be nice to add soft drop shadows to all the minis boxes thier in. i just dont have that filter for quark so i dont know. it would add some small depth to the pages though although i think the new header art with dual variations and non repetive looser graphics will work wonders for the pages.
10. the tutorials were cool, id like to see actually a full tutorial book that would be hardback less thick but with more pages. i think it would be wild to have a killer series of them covering everything. thats a whhole different deal though. may be too crazy.
11. you comments (here). good layout, art, minis represented fairly, good quality, good price, more pages, added materials/categories, what do yah all think?
