Ideas

Hey Jessica, I really like those illustrations that you showed an example of. The typeface Chartreuse is my favorite out of all of them. But nonetheless I also like Mustard.

Here are my contribution to some ideas:




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Possible pictures of "boys":





Let me know of what you guys think!

More Ideas

Images

Some example of the drawing style for the possible illustrations.



These are random, but I found some pictures of a boy.
Photographic idea for the cover, blur it and crop it so you don't see the full face of the boy and have type over it.

Type ideas

I don't own these typefaces but I think we could use something like this for the cover.
What do you guys think?

Some ideas for the spread

Hey guys,

I'm not sure if Ellen started designing the typographic layout for the spreads since she had a deadline on Wednesday for her class, and if you have some ideas or digital sketches, please post them on the blog. I have some ideas for the spreads so check it out and leave some feedback.

1. I was inspired by the book "Essays in Love" by Alain de Botton, which includes diagrams and little images that correspond to the text. I find a lot of interesting details of the things that the writer lists as Colin's favourite things, his world views, the description of the characters on Street fighter, etc. I think it would be fun to have these list of things illustrated in a rough and childlike manner - maybe line drawing - with some hand writing on a page next to the text, or it could be incorporated into the text. I think having funny diagrams or images that illustrate these details in a childlike manner would fit with the humorous tone of the text.

2. Another idea is to stick to photographs, and I almost see a "Napoleon Dynamite" kind of look
using real things to spell out words or just the mood of it. I was thinking maybe to use images of objects that symbolize the idea that is expressed in each paragrphs without showing an image of a boy or a person. For example, Colin's favorite baseball cap, advertising posters with cowboys, a condom, cowboy hat, etc.

And for the cover, it would follow the style of the content.

I was wondering if Ellen has suggestions for the choice of type we should use so please let us know.

Jessica

Text ideas from Ellen

I was able to find some articles from the book on-line.

The American Man, Age Ten
http://www.courses.vcu.edu/ENG200-dwc/orlean.htm

Jonathan Lebed's Extracurricular Activities
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04EED61F30F936A15751C0A9679C8B63

Loosing the war
http://leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm