I have added one more photo to my artist book which makes a total of 16 all together, not including the two that make up my front and back covers. I have made two small changes to the layout of my book:

(1) I have decided not to put my artist statement on the inside cover, but to move it to the first page. The first page includes the title, my name and the artist statement.

(2) The Front and Back covers don't change at all, but the layout of the pages changes a little bit. The photos within the book are no longer full bleed. The front and back covers will be the only photos set at full bleed. I had issues trying to fit my photos within the page measurements set forth by blurb. I kept on having to crop out to much of my photos so I ended up just having to leave a black border around the photos.

I have all the book specifications listed at the top of the blog. Pictures of the first page and the new layout for the following pages are listed below.

**Front and Back Cover of Book - They stay the same from before**



**First page of my book**



**New Layout of the following pages: Here are five of the photos and how they will look within the book. The rest of the photos are posted in the following blogs in the same order of how I have put them into the book, from 1 to 16. The page on the left consists of some brief text which correlates to the page on the right which consists of the actual photo.**

#16 - Last photo for my artist book.

This is photo number 15 and will probably be the last one that I am putting into my book.

The book layout, which I had posted in the previous blog, is going to stay the same for now.

#15

I am going to use Blurb to build my book. Below is a picture of how the front and the back cover of my book will look. Instead of putting my name on the front of the book, I have shown in the photo below where I've moved it to. My artist statement will go on the inside cover. The second photo shows how my pages will be laid out. I'm going to have the actual photo on the right page and the title of the photo on the left page. I don't know yet if I am going to have my photo bleed off the page or not. As of right now I have 14 photos (not including Front/Back cover) that I am going to display in my book. I might do more than 14.

*Front and Back Cover of Book

*How the pages of the book will basically look.

#14

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#8

Below are my three front covers for my artist book. I've decided to put my artist statement on the inside cover and the overall size of my book will be 8.5 x 11. I have decided to use Blurb. The back cover is the same solid color for all three of my front covers.

I may also decide to eliminate the solid color as my back cover. I'm thinking of using one of the photos below as my front cover and another one of the three photos below as a back cover instead of just a solid color. For the back cover I will eliminate my name from the photo.

1st Front Cover

2nd Front Cover

3rd Front Cover

Back Cover - Solid color for all three front covers.