STEP BY STEP TO BEGIN BOOKWRIGHT AND EDIT

 HOW TO BEGIN  BOOKWRIGHT AND START TO EDIT

Beginning:

The easiest way of doing this is to login with Blurb and download Bookwright onto a laptop or home computer rather than try to do this at college. The college computers' hardware are not really up to date .
Familiarise yourselves with the system, try and work your way around this as all instructions are on the system and it will be a lot easier if you have had a play at home.

Bring laptop into college to work on (if possible but do not leave this unattended).
Bring in USB stick in with 6GB upwards of memory .VERY IMPORTANT
Scan at 300 DPI on the flatbed scanners ( make sure these are clean)
Save to one drive and copy to USB.  Bookwright will only recognise this, not one drive on our computers.


If you are signing into Bookwright  at college:

Go to the Start menu
Type in Software centre
Download Bookwright
You only have to do this once on a college computer if it has not yet been done on this machine.
If the message updates pops up, then cancel this.


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Choose your size book from Blurb, there are 6 sizes to choose from
 The most popular is 20 x 25 cm:

Please see Bookwright but these are :

Mini Square
Small Square
Standard Portrait  20 x 25 cm
Standard Language
Large Square
Large Landscape


Resizing Images so that you can drop these in easily to your book pages:

Edit your images, this is easiest on your phone if you are able, otherwise use Photoshop:

In Photoshop:

File
New
Custom
Change to cms and put your dimensions in so in this case 20 x25 cm
Resolution 300 DPI
Create
Drag your image/photo onto the tab in Photoshop

Ctrl T - will transform image
Shift and use mouse to scale

Look at this link for simple steps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi4jJnYLkUA

It is best if you can keep it simple but do ask Amanda, Josh or someone who knows Photoshop well for advice.

SCANNING IMAGES AND FINAL ONLINE BOOK

You should now be at the stage where you are ready to scan and upload your selected images (15 - 20) to an online publishing service such as Blurb www.blurb.co.uk, the price for a 20 page standard size (20 x 25cm or A4) with softcover should be in the region of £15 - £20.
The Blurb website has clear instructional videos on how to upload and arrange your imagery via their downloadable "Bookwright" software, I am trying to arrange clearance to download and install this software on the college computers.
Obviously this is a narrative illustration project, so having relevant text from the book either integrated into your illustration, thoughtfully positioned alongside or placed on the page opposite is a requirement.
The inclusion of text needs careful consideration, you have a number of options, make sure you choose the best one to complement your illustrations:

• Using text options from the online publication website (limited in terms of available fonts and placement options).
• Collaging text by hand directly onto images before scanning (Flexible, but needs sensitivity so as not to interfere with the effectiveness of your images - a sensitive piece of drawing could be swamped by inappropriately chosen text slapped on top). Fonts (either hand created or sourced from magazines or websites like www.dafont.com) need to be carefully selected.
• Scanning your illustration and then adding text through Photoshop (best done on a computer where you can upload fonts as typesets within Photoshop are limited).

• Producing separate text (using direct quotations from the original story) to be uploaded as separate image files to be used on the facing pages to your illustrations. You can do this using downloadable fonts, by hand, through collage etc. This is probably the most flexible choice if you are keeping text and your images apart.

Everyone should select, scan, adjust and upload  all imagery/text pages and order their books by the end of next week Friday 3rd May. In addition to ordering the hard copy of your book order a pdf version, you should then email us the link to this so we can mark your work - this saves waiting for the books to arrive in the post.

Scanning and PhotoShop tips:
Remember that many of the illustrations you upload will benefit from some editing to ensure they have maximum impact in your final book; simple tweaks from the Image Adjustments menu in Photoshop can be highly effective, Contrast, Brightness and colour saturation are worth altering for almost all scanned images. Ensure you scan images at 300dpi resolution so that you get decent reproduction quality in your book.

We will be delivering the briefing for the new GRAPHICS project next Tuesday 7th May and you will have new work for that project from that point onwards.

The FINAL DEADLINE for completed sketchbooks for this project is Tuesday 7th May, you should also email the link to your pdf final books should be handed in as soon as they arrive in the post.

TEXT EXPERIMENTATION FOR FINAL BOOKS

WELCOME BACK TO THE SUMMER TERM !

You are nearly ready to make your books but need to produce 5 A3 pages of different kinds of text, some hand rendered and some digital.  Some can be written on top of photocopied  images you have made already, and others can be separate pages.  You should get phrases from the orginal story that refer to the moments of the story you have already illustrated and others that might give a bit more of idea of the overall narrative.   You can of course  type text straight into the book template just as you do on word but a bit of  experimentation will make your book richer and much more visual.  

Modelling Wire

Gold Card (remember to invert)

Marker Pens

Drawing Ink

Cut Paper

Ink manipulated through PhotoShop

Ink

Acrylic Paint

Cut through letters

Ransom Style Cut and Paste

Inked perspex letters.

Digitally Created.

Press printed.

CHECKLIST FOR EASTER- PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED EVERYTHING !

CHECKLIST OF THINGS TO BE DONE OVER EASTER 

• Research into Roald Dahl (1 page is fine)
• Research into Quentin Blake's illustrations for Dahl's books, include reproductions of his work, background information, analysis of his style and at least one visual response. (2 pages)
• Research into 2 films inspired by the works of Roald Dahl, some background information, justified personal opinion and images from the films (1 page for each film).
• At least 3 pages of storyboarding for your photo shoot, this should be a mix of quick sketches and annotation. Sketches should explore potential compositions for photos; annotation should include quotes from the book that you are illustrating and lists of requirements (models, postures, expressions, locations, props, costume, make up, lighting etc.). 
• 1 artist research on storyboarding ( 1 page minimum) showing some good examples of existing storyboards, with brief analysis.
• Contact sheets of prints from your studio, and location photoshoots. 
• Larger prints (A4/A5) of a range of your best shots.
• Research into one narrative photographer with fantastical elements - e.g. Annie Liebovitz, Ruven Afanador, Viona Ielegems, Tim Walker. 2 pages with imagery, background and some of your own analysis of a couple of specific shots, consider what practical steps went into creating the image we see. So discuss location, models, postures, costume, props, make up, composition, lighting, camera angle, post-production.
• At least 2 sustained full page careful observational drawings from your photographs, use different media for each of these - e.g. one tonal image in pencil, and one piece in biro. Fine liners or coloured pencils might be other media to consider using for these controlled pieces.
• 4 or more quick expressive drawings.
• 2 Carbon prints
• Research into 2 narrative illustrators, these MUST be one historical and one contemporary practitioner. In this research it is important to give background biographical information on each illustrator, analyse some specific images in terms of content, technique and media and justify your own opinions on the work. You also need to compare the illustrators from different eras and describe how you feel illustration has changed over time. This research is set to meet the requirements of the Narrative Illustration Unit, so MUST be done well. 
• Using your own photographs as inspiration produce 2 interpretations of your images in the style of each illustrator you have researched - that is 4 illustrations in total. Take time over these and do your best to really replicate the style and use appropriate media.
• Research into 2 Collage artists ( 1 page per artist minimum)
• At least 1 Gold Card plate cut with a range of prints taken from them, one of these should be an ambitiously scaled piece (A3).
• At least 1  or more good pieces of monoprinting.
• 6 well resolved mixed media Collage images integrating the best of your drawing and printing along with other elements and text.

And now breathe.....😊😊

EXAMPLE CONCLUSION - ESSAY

Essay Example Conclusion

• Sum up your findings by mentioning briefly some of the main points that you have previously talked about in the body of the essay. 
• Come to some conclusion over the essay question and your opinion of Modern art. 

‘It is so difficult to define single influential pieces of work within the great expanse of modern art, as art is constantly evolving, as each movement it goes through inspires the next, linking each new idea to a past artist, movement or concept.  Some artists take inspiration from past movements, taking their basic themes and building on them with their own ideas, expressionism for example, and some chose to deconstruct previous artistic conventions, reacting against a past idea, embodied in movements such as Cubism and Dadism.  I believe one of the most important functions of art is to connect with people and to make an impression, changing the way we see things, or the nature of art.  Therefore, I think the most influential pieces are ones which achieve this, and still remain emotionally accessible and understandable in our contemporary society.  This is seen in Munch’s The Scream, in it’s terrifying anxiety about the nature of existence, or in Dali’s exploration of our collective subconscious mind in The Persistence of Memory.  I believe each of the paintings in this essay have contributed hugely to how we see the world, art or at the very least remain socially or emotionally relevant today.  There are of course numerous artists and pieces of work which I believe have had equal impact on the art world, yet I have been unable to include in this essay.  Therefore, it is a representation of pieces of work that I really believe have made a change, or have resulted in the production of other influential paintings. ‘

·        You must be careful to not plagarise others’ words  or opinions and present them as your own within your essay, we are very good at spotting this! YOU WILL NOT PASS IF WE DETECT THIS HAS BEEN DONE!

·        Your final essay should be illustrated, contain a floor plan, be bound with acetate cover and MUST include a varied bibliography, detailing all sources used (websites, books, journals, articles, videos) with author and date of publication.

 YOU WILL ONLY PASS IF YOU ACHIEVED THE ABOVE, PLEASE READ YOUR BRIEF ON MOODLE VERY CAREFULLY.  

EXAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR ESSAY WRITING

Example Introduction

‘Given the constantly evolving and expanding nature of modern art, in terms of the movements it has progressed through from Impressionism to Pop art to Minimalism, it is a greatly difficult task to define only ten influential pieces.  I have narrowed this down specifically to movements within painting, and pieces which I believe have changed the way we view art, society and humanity, and remain relevant today.  These pieces are paintings which I believe people can still relate to today, in terms of their concepts or the style in which each is painted.  In this sense I am viewing Modern art as work that reflects social and political changes as well as abandoning traditional style in favour of experimentation and a new way of seeing the world. It can be said that Modern art extends from mid to late 19^th Century to present day. I have chosen paintings that I believe have changed the nature of Modern Art ’

‘In order to answer this essay question, I am going to explore …. Movements’

‘I will be looking at the following Movements and choose one piece from each ……embodies changes within art history’.

‘I am going to analyse how social, political and industrial events have shaped and influenced the art works I have chosen …’