Chapter borders

The book I've been working on is actually a compilation of all the books I've made over the past 12 years.
It's due to be published in 2010, all being well, by Jonathan Cape.
For the people who contacted me for copies of the last Wild for Adventure book, the whole of that is going to be in there.
The book is divided into sections, twelve in all, and these are some of the borders which will form the chapter title pages, I'm currently trying to work out lettering for the central spaces...

Cover

Endpapers

Screengrabs of the endpaper pages together

Silhouettes

From a batch of drawings destined for a forest scene which will form an end paper design for a future book

Fairy Tale

Something which never got finished from 2003/04

Cauff Riddles/Nettlesome

Here are some of the original pages which ended up as Cauff Riddles. Originally the book was to be titled 'Nettlesome' and in a different format.

Book Scans

Creating the illusion of 3d by scanning the cover and two sides of a book and using a bit of photoshop trickery.

Book by its Cover

'More Wild for Adventure' made it onto the Book by its Cover site I was thrilled to see. It's been the most time consuming project so far, and at the end of it I found I only had the will to make a fraction of the amount of copies I intended. It ended up with too many pages, and used up so much ink, plus it was so heavy, that it wasn't going to be very economical to sell through the usual channels. I've given them all away now and am having a rest for a while.

http://www.book-by-its-cover.com/comics/more-wild-for-adventure

COLOURED-UP PANELS FROM MORE WFA

Photocopy prints

Close-ups of strips I made on my photocopier from separations which were used for the screen-printed edition of WFA, circa 2001

BEASTS

I've just caught a first glimpse of my picture inside 'BEASTS! 2' by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics), courtesy of Julia Rothman and her excellent website 'BOOK BY ITS COVER'.
BBIC is well worth a look, collecting together some really nice photographs of visually pleasing books, both handmade and published.

http://www.book-by-its-cover.com/