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[@emmaneary6120]

It looked like fun making the dummy book. It turned out so good and I hope you're pleased with it. Ooh yay tote bags 😀.

[@JessWasHere]

Thank you Emma! yes I Ioved the process! I think I would have preferred doing something more colourful, but I'm happy with the result 😊I'll have fun with the colours in the next project. And yay, the tote bags are coming back soon :D

[@journalingwithghazi9904]

Your book was so nice.I loved it. That's good you're back.

[@JessWasHere]

Thank you so much 🥰 yay thanks for following me!

[@jannahlyon]

wow, what a beautiful process for the art for your book, thanks for sharing this, it was fascinating to see the illustrations come together 💕

[@JessWasHere]

Thank you so much!! I really enjoyed sharing the process behind this project and I'm glad you liked it :)

[@NikiJacksonArt]

Your book looks amazing Jess!! I can tell you put so much work into it. I hope we get to buy a copy someday. Xx

[@craftybit]

Your stencilling technique is so cool!

[@JessWasHere]

thank you so much! That was a fun technique 😊

[@Andyapolis]

I love how your dummy book turned out! So cool!

[@JessWasHere]

Thank you so much Andy! 😊

[@XStephandOliviaX]

The book looks amazing!! Also super cute Green Jacket! :) 💜👐😍

[@JessWasHere]

Thank you s much 🥰eheh I love that outfit! I've always kept that jacket in the closet, I should wear it more often :)

[@XStephandOliviaX]

@@JessWasHere you totally should! Its really nice ! X

[@WilhelminaAnna]

The book looks amazing. I did it may self in December and know how hard it. Well done!

[@JessWasHere]

Thank you so much! Yes it's tricky! but very very satisfying 🥰

[@buckeyechris21]

Wow! #20 is your best vlog yet! 🥇I was going to watch some Netflix but opted to watch your blog instead lol, it was a wise choice. It is so relaxing watching you work your craft. You are ultra-talented and continuously impress us with your wide range of skills. I often see Raccoons here in North America, people like them for being so intelligent, I bet your book would sell well in stores here. Thank you for taking your time doing these videos, I am sure they are not easy. Looking forward to #21, #22, #23......♾.

[@JessWasHere]

Oh thank you! So glad you enjoyed the video..and that I could beat Netflix 😂Yes, I was thinking about starting to contact some American publishers :) Here in the UK there are no raccoons, so I don't think that British or European publishers would be interested :D And yes, I talk about their intelligence in the book! I had to read much and watch documentaries to find the content, now I know everything about raccoons 😂Thank you again!

[@kriksis]

Hey! Finally catching up with your vlog! Your dummy book for diploma project look more professional than mine :D So cool that you can use all the tools you use for creating notebooks and putting it in to this book. Also congratulations on finishing this module! Must be exiting feeling! Wish you the best of luck in your Masters stage! :))

[@JessWasHere]

Ahaha when they said we had to create a physical dummy book I was like: YES I'm ready 😎 Thanks a lot!! Now I've started drawing tons of penguins for the new project! 🐧

[@GalletaCreates]

Yaaaaay! A new vlog!! We have missed you a lot! 👏👏👏 I am in love with your book and I have become obsessed with racoons because of it 😍

[@JessWasHere]

aah thank you Galleta!! I hope I will see the book published one day 🥰That would be awesome. Raccoons for everybody!! 😂

[@melandrel]

your technique is so fun to watch! loved this process vid!!

[@JessWasHere]

Thank you so much! I admit I enjoy rewatching the process of the whole thing :) Once made the sketches, it was pretty easy to cut, print and assemble the shapes!

[@AMundaneLife]

I need a copy of "The Raccoon" it looks AMAZING!!!!

[@JessWasHere]

Oh thank you so much! It would awesome if it was published one day! 😊

[@pinandinko1970]

I loved the book you made, it is so cute and clever, also I loved watching you make it :D xxxx

[@JessWasHere]

Thaaank you so much Rozie!! xx

[@Pollygone]

strangely enough I'm working on my own dummy book while watching this! 😂 I love how your book is coming out, the technique is so creative!

[@JessWasHere]

ahah that's great, I hope you're going to complete yours soon!! 😊Thank you very much!

[@monkeymintaka]

I have only just gotten around to watching this vlog 🙈 You look so professional with your green jacket one! Green really suits you :) I love your book so much, I hope you can publish it one day as I would love to own a copy. When you were doing the stenciling, did you test doing a page of spongey texture and then cutting it out digitally? I am guessing that would have been too uniform. I love how hands-on this technique was. Looking forward to the next video!

[@JessWasHere]

ahah now I have the perfect excuse to wear my froggos earrings. Thank you so much April! I don't know if anybody would be interested in a similar book 😂 I'll try to contact some publishers over the summer 😊 mmh before trying the stencil technique I tried to cut out digitally some handmade textures. I think it's a technique widely used, but I didn't love it because the edges looked too sharp and clean. What I liked about the stencil was the soft edges I got through the sponge 😊 and also, cutting the paper by hand helped in getting a more handmade feel because I couldn't be extremely precise, I believe :)

[@monkeymintaka]

@@JessWasHere yes, I can see what you mean about the sharp edges. When I did my digital badger thing the other day, I drew with the 6b pencil and then used that as a mask. So the edge were a little rough. But I think actually cutting my hand gave it a really cool handmade effect! I definitely think this book would be popular! Schools, libraries etc would love it for the educational aspect and kids would love it because raccoons!

[@JessWasHere]

@@monkeymintaka yes, a textured brush would help with that! After all this technique was pretty fast. Thousands of times faster than the linocut I did in my previous project oh my god 😂 eheh I completely forgot about the educational potential of the book! 😆

[@TartantazCreates]

Oooh I would love to make my own children’s book. You have really inspired me to research how to create a children’s to find out how many pages are typical in a book, stuff like that. I have hand made a book but I think I’d like to make one digitally and have it printed somehow T xx

[@JessWasHere]

www.wordsandpics.org/2013/07/picture-book-basics-understanding-format.html Here you go! :D I'm happy you found the video inspiring! ❤️Normally a picture book is made of 32 pages but here you can find two different layouts. The Separate-ended book is more common in the USA, if I'm correct. Yes, if I had to self-publish this book, I would get it printed too :)

[@TartantazCreates]

@@JessWasHere oh wow, thank you so much. That will save me a bit of time ;) The book I made was me painting each watercolour page and hand writing the text lol which is why I would like to do it digitally this time. I actually designed my book with a pop out page so I did not have to paint the same character on each page and only had to add the single character involved in that page with the main character lol. Of course its difficult to describe. Id show you but I put that video private because of the new made specially for kids rules on youtube. I had made the story book and told the story on youtube for my grandkids so now it is a private video so I do not get my channel flagged as I do not usually make any content for kids T xx

[@JessWasHere]

@@TartantazCreates no problem! :) Oh you mean a sort of pop-up book? That's cool! now I've started to work on a popup book for the new project eheh ah yes it makes sense! Kids content is quite complicated to share here on KZbin!

[@TartantazCreates]

@@JessWasHere no not quite a pop up book, though that sounds cool. It’s more like a folded page which folds out and stays out while the other pages continue to turn normally but leaves the main character visible the whole time. It is difficult to explain lol so I would open the first page then fold out the extra from the left side and keep turning the pages from the right onto the left wider page. Does that help you visualise it any better? T x

[@JessWasHere]

@@TartantazCreates aah yes I got it!! That's very interesting, I believe I've never seen a children's book that uses a similar structure! Very smart 😊

[@raquelpazibarria]

The book looks lovely! But way didn’t you use your siluette to cut the stencils? 🧐 I’m happy for you the screen printing is finally working out!

[@JessWasHere]

Thanks Raquel! Ahah honestly I didn't even think about it. It didn't take that long to hand cut the stencils, so it wasn't worth setting up the file on Silhouette Studio :) also I prefer the cuts being made by hand and get a more handmade feel. Yeeeeess I can screen print! 🙌

[@kelseybuttery5146]

Your book is so cool! What is the material that you peeled the back off when you made the spine?

[@JessWasHere]

Thank you very much ☺️ that was a self adhesive book cloth, I bought it on eBay

[@quiltthief9791]

Your book is so beautiful! your illustrations are so perfect

[@JessWasHere]

Oh thank you so much! 😊And I'm glad you liked the card! that would be awesome, I'll try to find a publisher that could be interested in the book! Eventually, I can self-publish it but I don't know how complicated it would be :)