Di Frijoles

Dummies!

...in which a dummy is sheets folded or made up to show the size, shape, form, sequence, and/or general style of a contemplated piece of printing.



With only one or two illustrations left to complete I spent the last few days designing the book. Working without an editor, art director, or hopes of a publisher I'm free to go about this business any way I want.

I prefer actual reality to virtual reality, so started with actual paper and tape. There's something about nudging real things and in holding a product in the hands that's satisfying. The unsightly blue tape is fast and easy to reposition. There is more to life than keystrokes and mouse clicks. As Max Frisch said: Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.







Only after some actual physical manipulation did I start slogging my way up the learning curve of unfamiliar design software.

Haircut

Compadres Remix

Birthdays

Scape Scrap

In which scrap means photographic reference.

Compadres