September, 2001 - Week 2
Leather Bound Book - Part 2

Our assignment for this week is:

The assignment this week is to create your very own library. Display at least four books of your own creation including the one from the tutorial. You may display them as a group or as individual pieces. Now is the chance to publish all of those great books that you, or someone you know, have been putting off for years! Have fun!

Here is the book I did using the instructions from the online class. We finished the book we started last week:

These are the other 3 books I made:

After I made a tribute page, I needed to do something more so, I made a Book of Condolences. With the wonderful outpouring from all over the world, I made a big book to hold all of the condolences from around the world. For the dark red, I used R: 128, G: 0, B: 0 and for the lighter red, I used R: 192, G: 0, B: 0. For the pages, I drew the circle 50x50 and the rectangle 50x about 280. For the title text, I used R: 0, G: 0, B: 192. For the cutout, I used the settings in the tutorial. I added a drop shadow with Vertical = 0, Horizontal = 0, Blur = 6 and Opacity = 100. I used the same settings for the stars but adjusted the Opacity to 60 on the cutout settings. To make the stars, I used the Preset Shapes tool. While drawing the stars, I used the shift key. The picture is part of a picture my Dad sent to me. I wish I knew the origin so I could give proper credit. To add depth, I also added a cutout and drop shadow to the picture. I added the drop shadow twice using Vertical = 1 and Horizontal = 1 the first time and Vertical = -1 and Horizontal = -1 the second time.

I wanted to make a scrapbook for my photos from a trip I took to Norway in July of 2000. I wanted it to be shaped more like the long and narrow scrapbooks. For the dark brown, I used a setting of R: 90, G: 50, B: 40 and for the light brown, I used a setting of R: 104, G: 60, B: 50. Since my scrapbook has few pages than my first book, I drew a white circle of 30x30 and a white rectangle of 30x300. For the cover, I used 3 of my Norway images and resized them small enough to fit on the cover.

For this book, I followed the tutorial without much deviation (I was getting tired <g>). For the lettering I applied Copper instead of Gold. I also added a drop shadow with Vertical = 0, Horizontal = 0, Opacity = 100 and Blur = 10.

The tutorial can be found at http://65.108.91.206/lc/tutc/bookleather.htm.