This Is Fifty-Three, days 22 & 23

I finished the preliminary layout for the Oddities section today.

As the screenshots below demonstrate, I did not necessarily give every spread the wacky treatment. In part, that was to let the poems speak for themselves, but it was also to let the material dictate the treatment of each spread. Continue reading

This Is Fifty-Three, day 21

A little bit of progress today, after skipping yesterday in favor of writing…

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This Is Fifty-Three, day 20

Feeling much better about my progress so far today. The difference has been starting with the images I had previously matched to the poems. Continue reading

This Is Fifty-Three, day 19

With yesterday being Sneezefest here in Kevinland, I did not even attempt to work on anything. I generated so much laundry from all the sneezing that it’s almost embarrassing.

That led to some major vacuuming today—I’m talking about taking out area rugs, moving furniture, all that. Among other things, I found the Diana camera I bought at a yard sale five years ago, and a wooden box that’s almost perfect for keeping the books that are currently in my to-read pile.

But enough of what could be a huge digression if I don’t cut it off here. While taking a break from all the vacuuming and moving furniture, I played around a little bit with layout stuff. Continue reading

This Is Fifty-Three, day 18

I feel like I lost a bit of momentum today, even though I worked most of the afternoon and made some progress. I think the problem I’m running into is that I want this section to be adventurous, and even ‘weird’, but not for the sake of weirdness alone. In fact, I’m pretty sure that I’ll be re-doing a couple of the spreads I worked on today. Continue reading

This Is Fifty-Three, day 17

It occurred to me late last night that this veritable extravaganza of a book I am working on could turn out to be quite expensive. All the photos and color and bleeds I want will require better paper, which will mean choosing the ‘premium’ option (basically, what you’d expect from a book of photography) when it comes to actually getting the thing printed, thus adding to the cost.

At this point, that means I am working on a book that I may not be able to afford to produce. Grrr… Continue reading