a fine art album for print?A painter asked me to design a book containing approx 120 paintings.Their sizes and ratios are quite haphazard, and some of them are good enough to take up a 2-page spread alone, while others are kind of rough and should be small in the book.Please share your experience and tips on this kind of project.
This really, really, really depends on the theme.Work backwards for any big project; what is the desired END result?Is it to make people feel good, arouse them, give them ideas, fascinate, depress them... or is it just a case of "This is my art hurrr!" which should probably be framed as a personal journey, character exploration, or a social bridge to make the artist new friends and connections?Lay out accordingly. Easier said than done though.Make it more of a story type book if it's a collection that'll allow it. If not, weave the art pieces together using colours, sizes, shapes, places, objects to induce the desired effects in the end viewer. Classic childrens pictoral books can be good at doing this kind of thing if you need some ideas.
>>454170Thank you for the wonderful reply.
>>454191i think its meager advicethis is not a 'what the reader feels' jobits a 'present the artist properly' jobid get some art books you like, have a talk with the artist. or look at a lot of art books, look at the artists work and have a vision of how to present it and make some sample pages for them to fall in love with.do you know a lot about art or design?
>>454194I'll come back in a little bit with some more details about how I've been putting this book together, maybe some pages in progress, and some specific questions about the process.Actually I've so far done pretty much every thing you've suggested (orienting towards the reader's experience, creating a thematic journey, studying various similar/related albums), which is encouraging.I have some background in art myself, but this is my first time doing a project like this.It's great to be able to discuss this with you!
