Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The Legend

I just finished this book. Tooling was pretty hard on the hands but I feel it's well worth it :)










And a little sneak peek into the tooling process...


Finally, a little confession - I almost never sketch out my cover design before hand. I plan it in my head and adapt it as I go. But this time I needed some guidelines, so I used this paper adhesive tape which proved kind of useful, especially because it was looking so cool while ungluing. Gave me book art ideas... for the future! 



3 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning, Teo! The color of the leather is gorgeous, and I love the tooling (especially the behind-the-scenes peek at how you got all the leaves to line up so perfectly!). You never cease to amaze me, my dear :)

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  2. Lovely, and I think I'm guessing what design ideas the tape gave you!
    Beautiful endpapers by the way!

    PS-Tooling repeated motives never goes easy on the hands. I remember a time my right side became useless after an intensive 2 day tooling of the sort. Feel you there Teo!

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  3. Absolutely stunning work Teo! I love this book so much.

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