Monday, 11 January 2016

War Horse binding

Some bindings from the FS website which I find particularly inspiring:
I want my design to be two colours + cloth binding colour as I feel that this colour limitation offers sufficient colour information to make a striking design, and the ones on the Folio Society website which use this scheme are among my favourites:
 

I want to avoid using barbed wire as a motif on the binding as I feel it is obvious and cliched, instead opting for the dead trees of No Man's Land

I developed the thumb nail of the horse's head and trees but felt that it wasn't working very well:

I also feel like the composition isn't subtle enough. I've tried a more subdued composition that isn't so 'in your face':
 
I really like this idea and will keep working at it


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