It's crunch time

Thanks for all your comments guys! Much appreciated!

This weekend is illustration weekend. I think I'm going to experiment a bit with a more raw vector illustration style that's close to my hand renderings. I'm also going to pick up some manga at chapters or my local comic book store (whichever is cheaper...thinking my LCB---OH ;) get it...L=local, C=comic B=Bookstore *crickets*) as reference. Hopefully they'll have some issues of Initial D or Wangan Racers.

Stay tuned for some crazy updates this weekend!

Question numero tres

I know I want to illustrate some if not all the components to my book, but I wanted some feedback in regards to illustration style. After seeing some of my hand renderings, do you think the hand or vector illustration style is more appropriate for my book? Maybe a combination of both?

Question numero dos

Do you think I should delete some of the story telling things like gear shifter spread for example and instead add more mountain racing spreads? If you have any more ideas it would be greatly appreciated!

Question numero uno

So lately I've been tossing up the idea of having a more "authentic" japanese feel and thought about having the book read backwards, like manga.

How do you feel about having my book read "backwards"? Do you think it adds to the book, subtracts or makes no difference?

Pop-Up Comp

This is my comp of the pop-up book. I'm in the process of writing my copy and beginning to illustrate the cars and backgrounds. I've come across some technical things that will change for my final but otherwise I think the book layouts are solid. I'm still juggling the idea of adding one or two more spreads to flush it out a bit more.

photos of the book so far...

Just some research

Just some stuff I've been looking at in preparation to my mock ups

Mark Hiner - Pop Up Book Guide
Pop Up Basic Technique video

Examples of Pop Up Books
ABC3D
Sydney and New York Pop Up
Mastercard Seven Wonders
Shitdisco - Okay Music Video
Alice in Wonderland Pop-Up Book