A CHARMED LIFE (2012)
"A Charmed Life" was written by James Melville and adapted for my senior year project. Over a year and a half, 15 illustrations were created digitally with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, then the text was laid in InDesign. The completed pages were printed on transparencies and imposed manually onto photo-sensitive aluminum plates. The plates were printed using traditional lithographic methods, 15 copies per page. The final pages were then folded, punched, sewn and bound into a final edition of 12 books.
2011-12 // Adobe InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator, Photo-Lithography
Finishing touches on original digital sketches. Illustrations were started in Illustrator and finished in Photoshop. Pictured, Rapunzel (wild), Rapunzel (manners) and Cinderella (haughty).
Cinderella (Haughty) - Detail of digital file.
Level testing with plates for clarity and saturation.
Pages are all printed and getting ready for binding.
Books assembled and punched for sewing.
Glue and cinderblocks.
Interior detail.
Completed bindings.
The completed edition.