Abyssopelagic: Process Book

process book D e s i g n 3 5 1 : P r i n t & F i n i s h i n g L a b , F a l l 2 0 13 Sh ay ne Sm it h

welcome to class He r e’ s y o u r a w e s o m e g r o u p f o r y o u r a w e s o m e b o o k p r o j e c t .

connect We c a l l e d o u r s e l v e s “ R o g u e D e s i g n P r i n t P r o c e s s o r s” b e c a u s e t e a m n a m e s a r e n e c e s s a r y. Up o n c o m i n g t o g e t h e r, w e d e c i d e d t h e b e s t w ay f o r u s t o s t a y c o n n e c t e d w i t h eac h ot her was t h rough a Facebook g roup.

brainstorm theme O u r f i rst st rateg y wa s to post some prel i m i n a r y t heme idea s on Facebook so t h at we cou ld come to c la ss prepa red t o s h a r e o u r i d e a s a s a g r o u p . My t h e m e idea stem med f rom a n on l i ne l i st of “Best Wo r d s� o n Vo c a b u l a . c o m t h a t w e r e b o t h i nterest i ng i n it sel f a nd t hei r mea n i ng.

O n t h a t d a y, w e s t a r t e d t o s t r a t e g i z e t h e approac h we wa nted to ta ke w it h t he book, wh at we wa nted t he t heme of t he book to be a nd not be.

decide on a theme O u r t heme idea s were t hen voted on a s a g roup to deter m i ne ou r favor ite. Below i s ou r notes f rom t h at g roup meet i ng. The m o s t-v o t e d w o r d w a s o n e I b r o u g h t t o t h e g r o u p, a n d e n d e d u p b e i n g t h e f i n a l deci sion for ou r t heme: A byssopela g ic.

Abyssopelagic (a h-B I S - s o - p a h- l a h- j i k ) — o f, l i k e o r per tainin g to the depth s of the ocean

my moodboard

further defined

Below is t he moodboa rd I ca me up w it h a nd p o s t e d t o o u r F a c e b o o k g r o u p . It i s w h a t I pict u red t he v i sua l mood to be for ou r book t heme t h rou gh fou nd i l lu st rat ion s, t y p o g r a p hy, p h o t o g r a p h s , a n d t e x t u r e s .

A long w it h my moodboa rd, I posted a more i n- d e p t h d e f i n i t i o n of A b y s s s o p e l a g i c t h rou gh t he resea rc h I conducted. Th i s i s wh at I fou nd: • “A b y s s” d e r i v e s f r o m a G r e e k w o r d m e a n i n g bot tom less.

• A t d e p t h s of 4 , 0 0 0 - 6 , 0 0 0 m e t e r s , t h i s z o n e rema i ns i n per pet ua l da rkness a nd never r e c e i v e s d ay l i g h t .

• It s p e r m a n e n t i n h a b i t a n t s (e x . t h e b l a c k s w a l l o w e r, t r i p o d f i s h , d e e p - s e a a n g l e r f i s h a nd t he g ia nt squ id) a re able to w it h sta nd t h e i m m e n s e p r e s s u r e s of t h e o c e a n d e p t h s .

• Ma ny abyssa l creat u res h ave u nderslu ng jaws to si f t t h rough t he sa nd to catc h food.

• M o s t of t h e s e c r e a t u r e s a r e i n v e r t e b r a t e s , a n i m a l s w it hout a bac kbone, suc h a s ba sket st a rs a nd t i ny squ id s.

• These reg ion s a re a l so c h a racter i zed by c o n t i n u o u s c o l d a n d l a c k of n u t r i e n t s . T h e a b y s s a l z on e h a s t e m p e r a t u r e s a r o u n d 2 -3 ° C t h r o u g h t h e l a r g e m a j o r i t y of i t s m a s s .

• The deep t renches t hat plu nge dow n t h o u s a n d s of m e t e r s b e l o w t h e o c e a n f l o o r (e x . M a r i a n a Tr e n c h i n t h e P a c i f i c) a r e a l most u nex plored.

other moodboards Presented below a re moodboa rds created by ot her tea m members. There were a lot of sim i la r it ies to t he v isua ls we each fou nd, wh ich helped us st rateg ize ou r b o o k d e s i g n f u r t h e r.

moodboards “ Ju s t w h i p p e d u p a q u i c k m o o d b o a r d .�

plan & strategize Time to make some impor tant deci sion s.

A s a tea m, we got toget her a nd pla n ned out t h e o r d e r of o u r p a g e s , i d e a s of w h a t w o u l d g o on eac h pa ge, a nd who wou ld do t he a r t work f o r t h o s e p a g e s . We w e r e e a c h a s s i g n e d a s p e c i f i c t y p e of p r i n t p r o c e s s , s o s o m e of o u r deci sion s were d ict ated by t h at. On t he r ight is t he out l i ne t hat we made.

scanning images S ca n n e d co p y r i g h t- f r e e i m a g e s f r o m a co l l e c t i o n o f b o o k s .

B e f o r e m y t e a m d o v e t o o f a r i n t o t h e s t a r t of desig n i ng ou r pages, I took t he i n it iat ive to b o r r o w a c o l l e c t i o n of c o p y r i g h t-f r e e b o o k s f u l l of i l l u s t r a t i o n s a n d s c a n n e d a b o u t 5 0 t w o -p a g e s p r e a d s t h a t c o n t a i n e d o c e a nrelated i mages. I t hen sha red t he sca n ned f i l e s w i t h m y t e a m u s i n g S k yD r i v e . T h e s e sca ns proved to be ver y usef u l i n ou r desig n p r o c e s s e s a n d w e r e g u i l t-f r e e .

process I n spi rat ion f rom my piece ca me f rom t he s c a n n e d i m a g e s of s e a c r e a t u r e s . I t o o k a f e w s c a n s i n t o Ph o t o s h o p a n d s t a r t e d t o e d i t t h e m a n d l ay e r t h e m i n a w a y t o c r e a t e a n o c t o p u s c r e a t u r e t h a t r e s e m b l e d a s o r t of s e a m o n s t e r y o u w o u l d s e e a t t h e b o t t o m of t h e o c e a n .

I a d d e d a c o l o r e d t e x t u r e t o t h e t o p of t h e blac k & wh ite sca n s to g ive it a glow i ng look.

octopus artwork Fo r H P 5 5 50 s h o r t r u n p r i n t e r.

Th is page is assembled beh i nd a t ra nspa rency of a w h i r l p o o l s h a p e t h a t e m p h a s i z e s t h e e y e s of t h e o c t o p u s . T h e t r a n s p a r e n c y w a s m a d e b y M a r k Hy d e r, b u t w e c o l l a b o r a t e d o n t h e c o n n e c t i o n a n d l o o k of t h e s e p a g e s .

process Wit h t he out side of t he gold envelope I wa nted to ex plore a t y pog raphy st yle t h at I h ave been wa nt i ng to t r y for a wh i le. I fou nd some i n spi rat ion i n some posters a nd d ig it a l a r t, but I went my ow n d i rect ion. I def i n itely wa nted to m a ke t he out side of t he envelope eye-catc h i ng a nd i nterest i ng. I c hose to m a ke t he g raph ic a l l blac k so t hat it w i l l sta nd out t h e m o s t a g a i n s t t h e g o l d p a p e r.

The font s I c hose were ver y u n ique a nd i nterest i ng v isua l ly by t hemselves as wel l a s t o g e t h e r. Fo n t s s h o w n (i n o r d e r) a r e : Yu m a , S i l v e r f l a k e , V i n c e n t , R e x B o l d I n l i n e , Vo l t a i r e , Wo o d w a r r i o r, a n d B a r on Ne u e .

I created t he say i ng for it t h at refers to t he a b y s s of t h e o c e a n t h a t r e a d s a s : “ T h e b l a c k ocea n. There l ives t he creat u res t hat t h r ive i n tota l da rk ness. Discover what l ives at t he b a s e of t h e w o r l d . Na v i g a t e t h e m y s t e r y.”

When pr i nt i ng, issues a rose w it h t he con f ig u rat ion of t he pr i nter a nd t he m ac c o m p u t e r. T h e d e s i g n k e p t p r i n t i n g on t h e e n v e l o p e f l a p, a n d i t t o o k m o v i n g t o a n e w computer to h ave it work.

I a l s o a d d e d i l l u s t r a t i o n s of t w o s e a c r e a t u r e s w i t h a s l i g h t o p a c i t y on t h e m l a t e r i n my process.

I c o l l a b o r a t e d w i t h t h e d e s i g n e r of t h e i n s i d e of t h e e n v e l o p e , Tr i s t a n Wo o d , w h o m a d e a c om p a s s w i t h a g o l d b a c k g r o u n d . T h e e n v e l o p e ’s p u r p o s e i s t o p r o v i d e a c om p a s s t o nav igate t he map show n i n t he let ter pressed t a b l e of c on t e n t s p a g e d i r e c t l y a f t e r t h e envelope.

Inside the envelope is a CD containing all o f m y d i g it a l f i l e s ( l a y e r e d a n d f l a t t e n e d ) a s w e l l a s a c o p y o f m y t e a m e v a lu a t i o n a n d t h e c o m p a s s m a d e b y T r i s t a n Wo o d .

envelope artwork A r t w o r k f o r t h e o u t s i d e o f t h e a n t i q u e- g o l d co l o r e nv e l o p e .

process T h i s p a g e w a s n o t r e q u i r e d , i t w a s m y c h oi c e to do t h i s pa ge. I wa nted to do somet h i ng t h at c o u l d g o i n t h e l e v e l of t h e o c e a n b e f o r e t h e abyssopa l level.

I t o o k a s c a n n e d i l l u s t r a t i on of a b i g -t o o t h e d f i s h a n d o t h e r s c a r y-l o o k i n g f i s h , a d d e d a n a n c h o r, a n d a d d e d a c o l o r t e x t u r e o v e r t h e w h o l e i m a g e u s i n g Ph o t o s h o p . Fo r t h e b a c k s i d e of t h e p a g e , I p r i n t e d a h i d d e n t e x t u r e w it h “Deep Sea A ngler f i sh � on it. I d ie-c ut ted a r e c t a n g l e t o s h o w t h e t i t l e of t h e f i s h (s e e f i n a l e x a m p l e) .

There were i ssues w it h pr i nt i ng t h i s pa ge on t h e H P 5 5 5 0 . S i n c e a l o t of i n k w a s b e i n g l a i d dow n on t he pa ge, t he i n k wa s h av i ng a h a rd t i m e s t i c k i n g o n t h e b l u e p a p e r. S o I e n d e d u p p r i n t i n g i t o n a n E p s on 4 8 0 0 p r i n t e r.

anglerfish artwork Fo r E p s o n 4 8 0 0 s h o r t r u n p r i n t e r.

process Col laborat i ng h appened a lot i n ou r tea m.

The ot her pa ges I cont r ibuted to were t he c o l o p h o n p a g e , w h e r e A b i K e r n s , Tr i s t a n Wo o d , Jo n a t h a n L a c a r a n d I p u t t o g e t h e r t h e l i s t of t e a m m e m b e r s a n d t h e i r p a g e s i n o r d e r. I h e l p e d a d d t h e c h a i n i l l u s t r a t i o n o n t h e p a g e . I a l s o s e t u p t h e 6 -u p s h e e t f o r p r i n t i n g o n I l l u s t r a t o r.

Fo r t h e l e t t e r p r e s s p a g e , I h e l p e d A k a n e F u j i i w i t h t h e l e t t e r p r e s s i n t e r i o r t a b l e of c o n t e n t s . I u s e d t h e c o p y r i g h t-f r e e i m a g e I sca n ned of a m ap a nd sent it to her to cont i nue t he process.

other contributions I co l l a b o r a t e d o n t h e co l o p h o n a n d t h e l e t t e r p r e s s m a p/t a b l e o f co n t e n t s p a g e .

offset & letterpress progressives A co l l e c t i o n o f p r o g r e s s i v e s a n d a r t i f a c t s d e m o n s t r a t i n g e x p e r i e n ce w i t h t h e o f f s e t a n d l e t t e r p r e s s r u n s .

I n c l u d e d a s of f s e t a r t i f a c t s a r e s a m p l e s of t h e “ f i l m” u s e d f o r p l a t e m a k i n g , a s a m p l e of a p l a t e , a n d p r o g r e s s i v e s of t h e f o u r c o l o r p r i n t i n g (of A b i K e r n’s d e s i g n ) : C , Y, M , K , C Y, C M , C K , Y M , C K , M K , Y K , C M Y, C Y K , CMK, M Y K, a nd CM Y K. A lso included is our l e t t e r p r e s s p a g e / t a b l e of c o n t e n t s .

P r i nt i n g M i s h a p s .

The invisible octopus.

T h r o u g h p r i n t i n g o n t h e H P 5 5 5 0 p r i n t e r, I e x p e r i m e n t e d w i t h p r i n t i n g o n b l a c k p a p e r.

T h e h i g h l i g h t s a n d c o l o r s w e r e l o s t , s o I s c r a p p e d t h a t i d e a a n d p r i n t e d o n w h i t e p a p e r.

In k p r o b l e m s .

W h e n p r i n t i n g m y a n g l e r f i s h a r t w o r k o n t h e H P 5 5 5 0 p r i n t e r, t h e i n k c o u l d n o t p r o p e r l y a d h e r e t o t h e t h e p a p e r, c a u s i n g a n e r o s i on o n t h e l e f t s i d e of t h e p r i n t .

Computer-to-pr inter problem s.

A f t e r p r i n t i n g on a t e s t e n v e l o p e m u l t i p l e t i m e s t r y i n g t o t r o u b l e s h o o t t h e p r o b l e m , I s w i t c h e d t o a d i f f e r e n t c o m p u t e r a n d i t f i n a l l y p r i n t e d c o r r e c t l y.

september 26

OCTOBER 15

october 1

october 17

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Int ro to class, i n it ia l bra i nstor m i ng, Facebook g roup set up

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Te a m b r a i n s t o r m i n g s e s s i o n , d e c i d e d o n t h e m e o f b o o k ( g r o u p p i c k e d t h e i d e a I h a d = a b y s s o p e l a g i c) , a s s i g n e d a l l o f u s t o m a k e a m o o d b o a r d a nd post t hem to our Facebook g roup by October 3rd

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Wo r k i n g o n b o o k a r t w o r k i n c l a s s

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Let ter press demo

october 22

8:00-9:00pm Wo r k e d o n m y m o o d b o a r d a n d p o s t e d i t t o t h e F a c e b o o k g r o u p

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m S c a n n e d a b o u t 5 0 p a g e s o f c o p y r i g h t-f r e e b o o k s f o r a r t w o r k 7:30-8:20pm S h a r e d s c a n n e d i m a g e s w i t h t e a m v i a S k yD r i v e a n d F a c e b o o k

october 3

october 24

october 2

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Bind ing/Fin ish ing equ ipment demonst rat ions

october 8

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m I m a g e s e t t i n g d e m o, h e l p e d o f f s e t t e a m m e m b e r s w i t h t h e i r d i g i t a l a r t work, worked on my ow n a r t work

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Te a m m e e t i n g i n p r o f e s s o r ’s o f f i c e , d e c i d e d o n o r d e r o f c o n t e n t a n d assigned pages to each team member

october 27

october 10

october 28

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m L o o k e d a t c o p y r i g h t-f r e e i l l u s t r a t i o n b o o k s , d e c i d e d o n o r d e r s f o r paper & envelope, presented our t heme to class a nd received feedback

6:00-8:00pm Wo r k e d o n m y o c t o p u s a r t w o r k f o r H P 5 5 5 0 f u l l c o l o r p r i n t

6:00-8:00pm Wo r k e d o n m y a r t w o r k f o r o u t s i d e o f e n v e l o p e

billable hours D a i l y l o g o f w o r k a cco m p l i s h e d /a c t i v i t i e s u n d e r t a k e n .

october 29

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m O v e r v i e w o f o f f s e t p r e s s , j o g g i n g p a p e r d e m o, p r e s s c h e c k e x p e c t a t i o n s a nd worked on a r t work

OCTOBER 30

2 : 0 0 -3 : 0 0 p m Wo r k e d o n m y f i s h a r t w o r k f o r a n o t h e r s h o r t r u n f u l l c o l o r p r i n t

NOV EMBER 14

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m O f f s e t-p r i n t e d m a g e n t a

NOV EMBER 19

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m O f f s e t-p r i n t e d b l a c k a n d p r e p a r e d m y a r t w o r k f o r p r i n t i n g

october 31

NOV EMBER 21

NOV EMBER 5

NOV EMBER 26

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Fi lm assembly a nd platema king demo

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Bega n offset pr int ing of a si lver Pa ntone

NOV EMBER 7

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m O f f s e t-p r i n t e d c y a n a n d h a d a t e a m m e e t i n g

NOV EMBER 12

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m O f f s e t-p r i n t e d y e l l o w a n d h e l p e d p l a n o u t l e t t e r p r e s s , w o r k e d m o r e w i t h M a r k o n t h e t r a n s p a r e n c y d e s i g n a n d Tr i s t a n o n t h e c o m p a s s desig n for inside t he envelope

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Helped w it h map page a nd pr i nted octopus a r t work on HP 5550 pr i nter

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Bega n pr i nt i ng my fish a r t work on t he HP 5550 but it resu lted i n issues, pla n ned to pr i nt it on a n Epson for nex t class, a lso pr i nted my a r t work on outside of ou r gold envelopes

DECEMBER 3

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Pr inted my fish a r t work on Epson 4800, helped ma ke t he colophon

DECEMBER 5

1 1 : 0 0 -1 2 : 5 0 p m Cut dow n my fish a r t work a nd d ie-cut ted, helped sta r t bind ing books

the assignment

Theme of series

C reate t h ree i l lu st rat ion s u si ng Photoshop w h i c h w or k t o g e t h e r a s a s e r i e s , t e l l i n g s o m e s o r t of s t o r y o r a r e u n i t e d b y a t h e m e . T h e element s u sed i n you r i l lu st rat ion ser ies must be copy r ight f ree. Ex per i ment w it h you r col la ge, m a k i ng u se of a ra nge of sca n ned i mages. Below a re t he sca n ned i mages I used:

F r o m l o o k i n g o v e r a l l of t h e c o p y r i g h tfree i mages I sca n ned, I wa nted to create i l l u s t r a t i o n s t h a t d i s p l ay e d t h e s k e l e t on o r a n a t om y of a n a n i m a l o v e r l a i d o v e r a n a c t u a l i l l u s t r a t i o n of t h e f u l l a n i m a l . W i t h l u c k , I wa s able to f i nd pa ges w it h a n i m a l skeleton s t h at f it c losely to t he a n i m a l i l lu st rat ion s e v e n i f t h e y c a m e f r o m d i f f e r e n t b o o k s . My st rateg y was to ma n ipu late t he i mages to f it a l most exact ly over one a not her a s i f you w e r e s e e i n g a n x-r ay of t h e a n i m a l . S i n c e t h e t heme wa s about a n atomy a nd I wa s u si ng o l d-l o o k i n g i m a g e r y t h a t r e m i n d e d m e of o l d civ i l wa r sold ier por t ra it s, I decided to ca l l m y s e r i e s C i v i l A n a t o m y.

My p r o c e s s n o w w a s t o e n h a n c e t h e s c a n n e d i l l u s t r a t i o n s b y a d j u s t i n g t h e l e v e l s of t h e i m a ges to br i ng out t he blac k a nd smoot h out t he wh ite. I t hen sca led t he skeleton over t he a n i ma l a nd d id a few ed its to ma ke su re t h e y l o o k e d e q u a l . Fo r e x a m p l e , I t o o k t h e e l k i l lu st rat ion a nd c ut out it s head to blend i n a deer head so t h at it wou ld f it t he skeleton b e t t e r. I c o l o r i z e d t h e s k e l e t o n a n d t h e n u s e d t h e b l e n d i n g m o d e Mu l t i p l y. I r e p e a t e d t h i s p r o c e s s f or t w o b i r d s , a d e e r a n d a f i s h .

Ne x t , I i n c o r p o r a t e d a b a c k g r o u n d . I h a d s c a n n e d i m a g e s of w o r n o u t h a r d b a c k b o o k i nter iors t h at worked per fect ly w it h t he i l lu st rat ion s. Then, I added a few more g raph ic element s a nd d raw n pieces to e n h a n c e t h e d e s i g n . I d e c i d e d on a 3 - c o l o r c o l o r s c h e m e of b l u e , y e l l o w a n d r e d . T h e s e colors were u sed w it h i n eac h desig n. I t r ied t o k e e p a c o h e s i on b e t w e e n t h e t h r e e p i e c e s w h i l e s t i l l s h o w i n g e n o u g h v a r i e t y.

To t h e r i g h t a r e t h u m b n a i l s of m y p r o c e s s .

process

individual project Create 3 Photoshop illu st rat ion s that are united by a stor y or theme.

civil anatomy: deer

civil anatomy: birds

civil anatomy: fish

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