Whee!

After spending quite a bit of time on my book, I feel like I'm finally getting somewhere! All photos were taken by me but in some cases, the credit will be one of my sisters who accompany me on these trips. Below is some important information regarding my book and some spreads that I've been working on. I've included a variation of each spread to show my concept, development and overall thinking.

About My Book:
Souvenirs of Algonquin Park is a visual essay of my various experiences camping at this beautiful provincial park. My book will have a hybrid of images, text and illustrations working together to produce this visual essay. My book will NOT be in chronological order of events as mentioned in the previous post. After speaking with Winnie (which was super helpful!) we both agreed that chronological is too expected... which is why my book will be a mish mash of ALL my trips with no care for date, rather, it will be based on emotions and the experiences that accompany the photo, text or illustration. Each spread will be different from each other. There will not be a background story for each spread - each spread is designed to be an open-thinking process for the reader about my experiences... OR is a story in itself for the spread.

Again, here are the final specs of my book:
Finished Size: 8.5 x 8.5"
Binding: Perfect Bind
Cover Paper: Domtar Plainfield Digital Opaque 80# Cover - Britewhite
Inside Paper: Domtar Cougar® DigitalChoice 70# Text
4 Colour CMYK with bleeds

Spread A: Handdrawn type FTW! (it's still rough and needs to be cleaned up)
Version 1:


Version 2: I played with size to make one wonder how can a small ant make so much noise?



Spread B:


Spread C: I love the idea of hiding text within the images... as these images are SO beautiful and speak for themselves.
Version 1:


Version 2: