Sunday, August 23, 2020

The Road Sign Collection Colouring Book Update

I am now in the final stages of creating the first edition of The Road Sign Collection Colouring book!

I have had one proof printed, which was a soft cover with black and white images inside. In total the book contained 70 pages, one pager per road sign. I was not pleased with this outcome as the book felt too thick and the cover felt too unprofessional. 

The Road Sign Collection Colouring Book Proof One
The Road Sign Collection Colouring Book Proof One

The decision going forward is to look at printing a hard back colouring book to add value to the outcome. The idea is that the book is seen more of an artwork, rather than a colouring book. I am also considering culling the number of road signs within the book to make it more stream lined. 

I was pleased with the general appearance of the front cover and printed line drawings within the book and do not plan on changing these. There is a temptation to add some colour to the front cover, however I am not sure if that would be fitting or not. Leaving it uncoloured allows the owner to colour their own cover. 

In the first instants every road sign collected and drawn was included, so I am unsure how I will go about removing some of these. Below are some that I may remove, this decision has been based on the perceived low quality of the image, in regards to how easy it would be to coloured in. 



I would need to find a significant amount of others road signs to also get rid of to make the book smaller. The other option will be to cut the collection in half to create a second series of The Rad Sign Collection Colouring Book.

Once completed The Road Sign Collection Colouring Book will be printed as a limited run and will be available for sale. 

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