The bike minibook is unlike any of of others I have attempted for a couple of different reasons. As I recently shared it is printed light on dark AND it is a real mixed media combo of painting, drawing, stamping, etc. What I didn't share is that it is also a mixture of page sizes with lots of overlapping that results in morphing images.
The cover looks typical enough.....
And the first couple of pages, using washi tape, are also traditional enough...
But then the layering and overlapping begins!
In this set of four, each page looks different when it is the top of the heap and not embedded within the sequence.
Page #2 now looks like a little title page with the solo washi bicycle moving the transition forward.....the "anticipatory set" you could say.
The third page of the four actually reveals a more detailed version of the front of the cover bicycle (and also a favorite bike of mine!) Notice in the two pictures prior to this one, this bike is not visible in the set.
The last page in this series places the bicycle off in the distance - it's only fond memory. Certainly not animation, but never intended to be that, either......just intended to move the story line along!
I enjoy this type of image book and would like to spend some more time creating another. Although I am sure it doesn't look like it, this style of minibook takes me much longer to create than any of the others on yesterday's post - even longer than those that are all original pen and ink drawings and sketches!
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