Posted by Peg in South Carolina
I have been enjoying working with my E-sketchbook. Earlier I had shown an example of a page using both images and words. Here is an example of what a two-page spread looks like:
There are no images, only words. The two red quotation marks might be considered design elements. The pages are not complete either in words to be entered or in the design layout. But possibilities for making an attractive and also useful layout are, I hope, clear.
Some of this you may recognize as having been pulled from a blog post. Entered here in the E-sketchbook, that information should be easier to access. It will also be easier to add additional information, ideas, and/or images.
What you see on these two pages are ideas I am using for my next crackle piece. For now I am keeping them in this E-sketchbook because of their applicability to all sorts of future weaving projects. I am close to being ready to start developing ideas specifically in relation to my next project, and those will go into my folder for that project, not here in my sketchbook.
SOME ONLINE RESOURCES
To read more about E-sketchbooks, check out this article: Electronic Sketchbook and Electronic Portfolios.
Another article to check out: How Keeping a Daily Sketchbook Benefits Artists and Designers. This particular article raises a serious question for me. Should I make this into a daily sketchbook? My fear, if I do that, is that this E-sketchbook will take over my life. Is this a realistic fear?
Related Post: Starting a New E-Sketchbook
“E-Sketchbook” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on April 20, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina
6 comments:
Oohh. Tempting but I can't have one more reason to be online!
Susan, a sketch book exists on your computer, not online............
Peg, yours looks like a fascinating read! I can see the benefit of organizing ideas like this. You've got me thinking ........
Leigh, do you have the manual for Scribus? I went to their site and I believe they have just released it.
I use OneNote (I am not payed by anyone, least Microsoft) as my research and project tool. I can share it across computers, I can publish to blogs and it has an easy way to combine pictures and text in something that resembles a binder with books, sections and subsections. It is pretty easy to clip stuff from the net into OneNote and it saves the links I got the stuff from. It has a search function and even if the tag function could be better it is usable.
Thank you, Anonymous, for posting this. I have checked out OneNote and agree that it is very good, but not quite for my purposes. Page arrangement does not have the flexibility that publishing programs have and that is my primary desire. I don't need the search function because one of the purposes of a sketchbook, E- or otherwise, is to have a book of inspiration to flip through. Lilkewise, research is not a main event in keeping a sketchbook. If I did anything, i would upgrade to the latest version of Publisher because it has made some useful changes.
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