The Book Process
Posted: November 8th, 2020, 1:38 am
Hi there!
It's been a super long time since I posted on this forum, but I've always considered this place a great resource.
While this COVID business is about, I have been creating diagrams for an eventual origami book. While I am only a quarter of the way in or so to my notes, I've learned a lot about InkScape and will eventually put some of my tips on here. Before I do that, however, I have some questions I want to make sure I cover while I create this book. Perhaps it will stoke some discussion?
1. I notice that some books in my collection use a left-to-right method for the diagram images, ordering them in columns and rows. Other books string the diagrams along on a path which swoops around from page to page. Do publishers care about this? Is there a preferred standard?
2. While there are diagramming conventions for symbols, arrows, and crease lines; are there conventions suggested for the actual diagram of the folds taking place? IE: The width of the lines used in the drawing, the gray-scaled shading of the colored sides or sinks?
3. What publishers are interested in non-fiction/origami?
4. My design style is very "off-the-table," in that after some basic steps a lot of my origami doesn't lie flat. A struggle I have is diagramming these steps, though I have succeeded with most. As I understand it, photo-diagrams are an origami faux-pas, but if I have to use them: are there conventions on the do's and do not's for photo-diagrams?
5. Is there a recommended or copyright-friendly font for the numbers and text of the steps?
It's been a super long time since I posted on this forum, but I've always considered this place a great resource.
While this COVID business is about, I have been creating diagrams for an eventual origami book. While I am only a quarter of the way in or so to my notes, I've learned a lot about InkScape and will eventually put some of my tips on here. Before I do that, however, I have some questions I want to make sure I cover while I create this book. Perhaps it will stoke some discussion?
1. I notice that some books in my collection use a left-to-right method for the diagram images, ordering them in columns and rows. Other books string the diagrams along on a path which swoops around from page to page. Do publishers care about this? Is there a preferred standard?
2. While there are diagramming conventions for symbols, arrows, and crease lines; are there conventions suggested for the actual diagram of the folds taking place? IE: The width of the lines used in the drawing, the gray-scaled shading of the colored sides or sinks?
3. What publishers are interested in non-fiction/origami?
4. My design style is very "off-the-table," in that after some basic steps a lot of my origami doesn't lie flat. A struggle I have is diagramming these steps, though I have succeeded with most. As I understand it, photo-diagrams are an origami faux-pas, but if I have to use them: are there conventions on the do's and do not's for photo-diagrams?
5. Is there a recommended or copyright-friendly font for the numbers and text of the steps?