It usually takes a few pages for a book to warm up, for things to get going. The first few pages are usually a bit shy and not quite sure what is about to happen. The pen somehow needs to find the right grooves, the lines need to get a bit comfortable on the pages. It takes time. And because it takes time, I like to show three double pages in the first day, at least, to make things a little easier to understand, to somehow present a context that makes more sense for the first time viewer. Or are you not a first time viewer? Have you been here before?
i have an inverted experience with my pocket sized moleskins....the first couple of pages tend to be some sort of honeymoon period. i must be conscious of setting a tone for the book somehow, a christening of sorts. the final couple of pages are often blank as i've grown lazy and crave that newlywed blank canvas of infinite possiblity...
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i second the first couple pages things...i hate the first pages...of course like anything it gets better with practice so maybe if i did one after another it would get better...okay that's it i'm definatly working with 'um on the train tomorrow.
Posted by: em!ly on April 15, 2003 01:03 AM