Tattered Treasures

I've been out and about searching in countless crusty corners, gathering tasty textures for use in Bartholomew's Book of Birds.

Here are just a few of my fabulous findings.

In the Spot Light

Another day, another spread. I decided to jump ahead to the first fully illustrated spread to see what details I needed to keep or ax. After laying everything out, I decided to get rid of the inner book decor and mustache curls. They were taking up to much real estate and leaving me with very little room for some tasty type.

I also did a quick invert to see how white line on black might look.

With a few inked spreads under my belt, it's almost time to start playing with color, shading and textures. Yipeee...