Make a Tiny Book: Miniature Bookbinding and Illustration
Illustrating the Final Pages
A course by Evan Lorenzen , Multidisciplinary Artist
About the video: Illustrating the Final Pages
Overview
“Using the sketchbook I made as a reference, I will draw the illustrations of my book. Here I will discuss the importance of when and how to illustrate the final pages.”
In this video lesson Evan Lorenzen addresses the topic: Illustrating the Final Pages, which is part of the Domestika online course: Make a Tiny Book: Miniature Bookbinding and Illustration. Learn how to tell your story intricately by making a teeny tiny book from scratch and filling it with precise, micro-scale illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Illustrating the Final Pages We made our sketchbook and illustrated our pages. In this lesson, we'll start working on the final pages of our hardcover book. I'm a visual learner so I always benefit from dismantling the prototype I made to clearly see what I need to do next. I'll cut apart my prototype, so I can see the pagination and make sure everything is lining up correctly. Taking a small pair of scissors, I'll cut my threads very gently, making sure not to ruin the pages. This is just your sketchbook, so it needn't be something precious. If you're having a hard time with scissors, us...”
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Course summary for: Make a Tiny Book: Miniature Bookbinding and Illustration
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, DIY, Traditional illustration
Evan Lorenzen
A course by Evan Lorenzen
Evan Lorenzen, better known as Art and Such Evan, is a multidisciplinary artist who specializes in micro illustrations. While studying animation in college, he became interested in bookmaking and took a course to learn the process. Several years later, he decided to try it on a small scale and has been passionate about the medium of miniature ever since, as it challenges both his physical and creative limits.
Throughout his career, Evan has had the opportunity to collaborate with organizations like the Miniature Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Amsterdam, Cat Art Show L.A., and hundreds of individual collectors. His work has been featured in exhibits across the US and abroad, including the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil and the Nucleus Gallery in Portland, Oregon.
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