OUGD504 Studio Brief 3 - Evaluation
This brief I have found to be the most stressful, but the most enjoyable out of all of the briefs so far. I found that planning my time was a lot easier with this brief as we already had the content and three weeks to produce the book. I feel that this time allowance has allowed me to thoroughly think through the different considerations for this book and my design decisions have been in keeping with my concept of creating an antique-like photography book of Portobello Road.
I encountered a few problems throughout this brief but feel the best design decisions have been made and I feel like my knowledge of preparing for print has expanded a great deal. The workshops have been a great help, especially for me. These allowed me to get my photographs to the highest quality they could be, and made me aware of what printers will expect of you when you send documents off to print, such as spot colours, marks, bleeds etc.
Although I have done screen printing before I feel this time round I thoroughly learnt the process and would feel confident in doing it on my own now. Although screen printing can have issues, as mine went wrong the first attempt and on the second attempt one of the inks didn't come out correctly - I still really enjoyed it and much prefer the outcome over digital printing.
It was suggested that I make and bind the book first and then screen print directly onto that - this then could of also allowed print on the spine as well. This however I felt was a risk as if the screen print didn't work out exactly how I wanted it, then it would be to late, I also learned from my peers that screen printing onto an object opposed to a flat surface can come out wonky and it would be tough to get it spot on in the right place. Therefore I went ahead with screen printing the book rum first and this I felt was a justified decision.
I learned while binding my book that the tutors (at Vernon Street) would probably of printed the cover after constructing the book, and that to print onto the spine, you would need to adjust the height action on the print bed before hand. In addition the stock I used made the book very thick, which isn't ideal for a pamphlet stitch, therefore I could consider using thinner stock in the future. A multi-section hard case book would have worked better with the thick stock and this is something to bear in mind if I ever use thick stock like this again. If I'd of had this prior knowledge I would of created a multi-section hard case book and created crop marks while designing, something I had forgotten to do. Although my end result still encountered some issues, for me the final printed and bound book overall was successful and achieves my personal aims for the book.
I learned while binding my book that the tutors (at Vernon Street) would probably of printed the cover after constructing the book, and that to print onto the spine, you would need to adjust the height action on the print bed before hand. In addition the stock I used made the book very thick, which isn't ideal for a pamphlet stitch, therefore I could consider using thinner stock in the future. A multi-section hard case book would have worked better with the thick stock and this is something to bear in mind if I ever use thick stock like this again. If I'd of had this prior knowledge I would of created a multi-section hard case book and created crop marks while designing, something I had forgotten to do. Although my end result still encountered some issues, for me the final printed and bound book overall was successful and achieves my personal aims for the book.
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