Printed Tool Book

As a follow up to my previous post, I thought the best way to show my booklet would be physically. The next best thing is to just photograph it. On the off chance I don't get it back from my professor, I'd like this record of it for now because it's just so much cooler on paper than it was on screen. Even though that's what it is now in this entry. I should note that I'm extremely tired and should probably have waited 'til morning. And in the future I might refrain from blogging so late.

Addendum:

I've submitted the book, and received very positive feedback on the layouts, however having lacked the guidance offered had I been capable of attending those classes, I did have some typographic flaws I will fix up. Most notably I'll probably make the text colours more white. As you can see in the images some of them printed a little dark, plus I need more unity.

Reprinted

So... Somebody in my semester beat me to the punch. As I had broken my ankle, I was granted an extension on my final Print class assignment, which was to create a 12 page booklet plus cover. I had initially chosen Trent Reznor, as you'll note by my previous entry, but last week, while volunteering for the Seneca College booth at FITC, I had the chance to look at a few examples of that assignment. One was a booklet about Nine Inch Nails. It was very well done, and I had no desire to compete, as we all all know the difference between saying Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor is semantic.

Tool is my other great love in music, so I chose to go with them. But, I wanted to step out even once more. Anyone choosing a band or musician would have some sort of bio perhaps, the band's origins and a description of their work. So I did not chronicle the band's history, I decided to focus on a single album. Anyone who knows me, knows I chose Lateralus.

Initially, I wanted to have one page per song, but then I would be robbing some songs of deserved spreads, due to the page limitation (I'm sure my teacher would accept more, but I need to get this in. I might create one for myself on my own time). Also, one of the main focuses on the assignment was spreads. Furthermore, the content had to have a little more to it. Columns, for example.

My solution was to:

• List the tracks first and display the band
• Describe the concept of the album
• Describe the creation of the album
• Give lyrics and information for the three singles, "Schism", "Parabola" and "Lateralus"
• End with a "Reflection" summary (with the lyrics of that song)

I've decided to post my favourite of the spreads for this assignment, the "Creation" spread.

Copy is modified for the spread from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralus.

The image is from a Tool t-shirt called "Think Man"