I've rushed to get things finished for the mega crit.
Other people are still printing and this is making me think that maybe I haven't done ENOUGH? I should still be making things, not being complacent and settling with this...
But it's a relief to have it all ready. There's no(t much) stress, it's all prepared.
I showed it to my little brother (aged 7, spooky lad, big Goosebumps fan) and he said it was boring. Ugh. He wanted corpses and blood and guts... Have I gone too tame? Have I censored it too much?
I stripped it down to just assets and got rid of any narrative, so it's up to the reader to make it scary.
But I guess it might not just be my book, but that Fin might find Edgar Allan Poe boring? Flowery language and old-fashioned jargon. Slow pace and romance. It's a different kind of scary - something modern kids are out of touch with since they're overloaded with sensational media.
My challenge now is to make it appealing and show him that it can be whatever you make it...
A demonstration perhaps? Or my sting might serve to show the spookiness coming to life in this pictures. Kids don't want flat pictures, they want moving ones.
Made a little envelope to pop everything in so that it looks all neat and together! If I was doing prints I could have a clean cellophane envelope to keep them individually sealed, or a book would be bound together - but since mine is this weird print-book-hybrid, I've decided to make decorated packaging.
Re-used old feather monoprints I had scanned in, might revisit this since I didn't rough it at all, it was just a quick solution. I could do better if I spent a bit more time on it.
I'm wondering if I should cut some of these out for the mega crit? To demonstrate what they do/what my intentions were. Have them laid out for people to pick up/play with. This might help with the responses I get from the mega crit, since I will be able to get feedback on the product, not just the images.
Does it function?
What stories can you imagine?
Who are these characters?
Are any of these items significant?
What happened in this house?
Perhaps I need more written promps in the pack to explain about Poe. But he was a mystery after all!
Since the card it's printed on is so thick, it has splintered when I folded it! Jagged rips where the card has been bent. I'm worried that this doesn't look professional.
On one hand, this does suit the worn, gothic appearance I was aiming for with the visual language of this product, but it just looks shoddy and badly crafted.
The digital print room is booked up, will I get a chance to reprint it? Should I go elsewhere to get that done?
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