photo shoot of the book

 The paper turned out to be A greenish grey and quite a light one at that. So I have to get some other paper. I got this dark slate blue one from the library, and I think it'll work. It's thick enough, and it kind of suits the book as it's not too obvious as green, and it's a dark nice colour. And I feel like it just suits it. I did have to reprint and rebind the book because when I glued the back of the pages to the hardcover, it wobbled, so I can't get photographic without the wobble showing. So I've put my phone on one of the used double-sided tapes to fasten it so that it doesn't wobble.  I have tried to make a little photo studio in my room. Out of my clothes horse and a sheet of black paper, I think he might work to photograph the book and get it done with. I also need to do all the design boards coz I haven't, to be honest, and I feel horrible about it. 

Set up my own little photo studio in my room. You see a sheet of paper on my table lamp. It's not ideal, and I don't need both will come out just the way I want, but I think it's best I could do with what I had. My Windows Tiny and I can't really use sunlight from that coz I don't get any light in my room it's really dark. 

The final outcome of this project, it is a book it’s quite straight to the point. Anyway, it is a kettle stitched by hand along for a homemade feel. While having an exclusive look to it as I did an exposed bind as I didn’t wanna waste my time in this way, the book is flat, flat, and flat, and you can leave it open whenever. The cover is handstitched in the spine and glued in with cover pages in dark blue, as it is a contrast to that otherwise White book. And referencing the open nature and what the mushrooms look up at. The book is made up using a grid referencing the locations of the mushrooms, as it allows for the text images to be wherever on the page. They all need to fit within the grid because even mushrooms have certain specifications to survive. After all, they need a moist environment.  the text has no real rule except for the grid, and the typeface is all consistent throughout the whole book. There is a catalogue system that allows the reader to manoeuvre and find out more about mushrooms that tickle the reader fancy. 

The illustrations of the mushrooms allow for a personable touch to the book. It’s less static, and it breaks up the pages. It also creates a second view on how to view mushrooms in this book. 

There are scientific illustrations made by me that showcase the quite simple anatomy of the mushrooms, so the reader would be able to differentiate the different mushrooms more easily. this way getting more knowledgeable whilst reading this book. The hardback cover allows the book to be easily portable, and you can bring it whenever you want as the book is small again referencing the mushrooms, but it is not tiny because mushrooms have a wide range of sizes.