Publishing Design- Final Compilation and Reflection

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1/9/2023- 17/11/2023 / Week 1 - Week 12
Chuah Kwai Pin / 0348376 
Publishing Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University 
Final Compilation and Reflection


INSTRUCTIONS



FINAL SUBMISSIONS

Week 1 - Week 4 (1/9/2023- 22/9/2023)

Exercise 1: Text Formatting

Fig. 1.1.1 3000 words content generation

Exercise 2: Book Mock-up

Fig. 1.2.1 Book size options

Fig. 1.2.2 Book Mockup Making

Fig. 1.2.3 Book Mockup Open
Exercise 3: Signature Folding System

Fig. 1.3.1 Folding System (Front)

Fig. 1.3.2 Folding System (Back)
Fig. 1.3.3 Zine Text for Printing
Fig. 1.3.4 Printed Zine sample

Exercise 4: Van de Graaf

Fig. 1.4.1 Van de Graaff grid
Exercise 5: Determining Grids


Fig. 1.5.1 Testing out 3 possible margins

Fig. 1.5.2 Determining Grids
Fig. 1.5.3 Final typesetting

Final
Title Font: Acme
Body Text Font: Source Serif Variable
Pull-Quote Font: Acme
Font size: 8pt
Leading: 10pt


 Week 1 - Week 4 (1/9/2023- 22/9/2023)

Content Generation - 3000 words

Fig. 2.1.1 3000 words content generation

Final Visuals - PDF

Fig. 2.1.2 Final Visuals- PDF

Final Visual Thumbnails

Fig. 2.1.3 Final Visuals in Thumbnail- PDF

Fig. 2.1.4 Final Visuals in Thumbnail- JPEG

Fig. 2.1.5 Final Visuals in Thumbnail- JPEG

Final Visuals- JPEG


Fig. 2.2.1 One Little Dot

Fig. 2.2.2 One Little Loop

Fig. 2.2.3 One Little Sharp Edge

Fig. 2.2.4 One Little Wave

Fig. 2.2.5 One Little Line of Zig Zags

Fig. 2.2.6 One Big Spiral

Fig. 2.2.7 One Big Bob

Fig. 2.2.8 One Big Splatter

Fig. 2.2.9 One Big Loop

Fig. 2.2.10 One Big Cloud

Fig. 2.2.11 One Big Scribble

Fig. 2.2.12 One Big Wave

Fig. 2.2.13 One Big Slash

Fig. 2.2.14 One Little Heart Loop

Fig. 2.2.15 One Big Heart Loop

Fig. 2.2.16 Two Big Heart Loops



Week 5 - Week 8 (29/9/2023- 20/10/2023)

Final Book Print


Fig. 3.1.1 Front and Back Cover- Mockup

Fig. 3.1.2 Inner cover and Half Title- Mockup

Fig. 3.1.3 Pages 7 and 8- Mockup

Fig. 3.1.4 Pages 25 and 26- Mockup

Fig. 3.1.5 Pages 29 and 30- Mockup
3.1.6 Video of Physical Book

Final Book Thumbnails

Fig. 3.2.1 Follow The Lines Thumbnails - PDF

Fig. 3.2.2 Follow The Lines Thumbnails - JPEG

Fig. 3.2.3 Follow The Lines Thumbnails - JPEG

Final Book Spreads























3.3.1 Follow The Lines Spreads- JPEG


Fig. 3.4.1 Follow The Lines - PDF



Fig. 3.5.1 Follow The Lines - FlipHTML5



Week 7 - Week 12 (13/10/2023- 17/11/2023)


Complete Thumbnail Layouts

Fig. 4.1 Petuliar Brand Guidelines_Thumbnails 1 - JPEG

Fig. 4.2 Petuliar Brand Guidelines_Thumbnails 2 - JPEG

Fig. 4.3 Petuliar Brand Guidelines_Thumbnails 3 - JPEG

Fig. 4.4 Petuliar Brand Guidelines_Thumbnails - PDF

Final Brand Guidelines - Interactive PDF

*Document is best viewed when downloaded

Fig. 4.5 Petuliar Brand Guidelines_Interactive - PDF


Final Brand Guidelines - JPEG






































Fig. 4.6 Petuliar Brand Guidelines - JPEG
REFLECTION

Experience
It has been a very fruitful and memorable 13 weeks of thisPublishing Design module. Before I took this module, I heard from my friends that it is very challenging and the task given can be quite heavy. However, after going though this module myself, I don't think it was as bad as I thought. In fact, it might be one of my favourite modules for this semester. I have always been curious and interested about book designing and publishing process, so doing all of the exercises in class were fun and it reminded me of my high school art class. I think one of the main reasons why I really enjoyed this module is because we get to do some hands on work besides just working from our laptop all the time. I also got to experience using the school printer and spending my money away printing out thumbnails for every task.

Observation
In this module, I believe the most challenging part is doing our layouts for our book. At first, I thought completing 16 visuals would be the difficult part, but when we started working on layout, I realised that no matter how good the visual looks, a bad layout will still make the book design look terrible. I guess it takes a lot of visual referencing, exploring, trial and errors on layouts until we like what we make. Sometimes, we need more than a pair of eyes to see our work to know if it is working or not. Thankfully, I have many pairs of eyes to help and give me advise on how to improve my work.

Findings
While working on the content for this book, I found it really therapeutic for me. I have always wanted to write my own book and draw out things that cannot be put into words, but can be felt instead. When I first started doing my visuals, I doubted myself at first because it didn't seem like it was going well. I made a few sketches and draw out what each emotion felt like to me, but it was not that successful in the first few tries. As I keep trying, I realise that I am no longer following a system that I set for myself in the beginning, and I was able to let myself flow with my drawings. I guess that really helped me to clear my mind and draw what I was feeling for each emotion. At the end of the day, I think what makes me attached to my book is the fact that I was able to generate my own original content and visuals that I have been wanting to produce for a long time.

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