http://blog.illustrationcastle.com/2010/07/08/faq-how-to-show-foil-and-emboss-on-greeting-card-mockups/ - ramblings & advice from illustrator Heather Castles Tue, 22 May 2012 12:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://blog.illustrationcastle.com/2010/07/08/faq-how-to-show-foil-and-emboss-on-greeting-card-mockups/#comment-743883 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:22:52 +0000 http://blog.illustrationcastle.com/2010/07/08/faq-how-to-show-foil-and-emboss-on-greeting-card-mockups/#comment-743883 Thanks for posting this. It is exactly how we do it in the manufacturing of gift bags and boxes. I'm glad to know that it is consistent across other platforms. Thanks for posting this. It is exactly how we do it in the manufacturing of gift bags and boxes. I’m glad to know that it is consistent across other platforms.

]]> http://blog.illustrationcastle.com/2010/07/08/faq-how-to-show-foil-and-emboss-on-greeting-card-mockups/#comment-735770 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:33:32 +0000 http://blog.illustrationcastle.com/2010/07/08/faq-how-to-show-foil-and-emboss-on-greeting-card-mockups/#comment-735770 [...] Question: How do you show publishers glitter throughout illustrations? Answer: Typically you would show this in a separate printout simply in black. If you have design software such as InDesign, the easiest way to do this is to create a layer for the illustration and text, and a separate layer for the glitter/foil. Then you just block in the area you want glittered in black on that separate layer. Otherwise, you can simply tell the publisher in your cover letter that you want the book to have glitter throughout. You can send a small sample of it with glitter hand applied on a copy of the illustration, but I wouldn’t recommend mocking up the whole book this way… if your book gets picked up by the Publisher, then you can discuss your ideas for the rest of the book. (I’ve posted screen shots with examples of foil and emboss on a real greeting card mockup here.) Question : Who decides the shape of the book (square, landscape, portrait etc.) - the illustrator or the publisher? Answer : The publisher usually has specific sizes they work with, but there is some flexibility there if the illustrator has their own great ideas! [...] […] Question: How do you show publishers glitter throughout illustrations? Answer: Typically you would show this in a separate printout simply in black. If you have design software such as InDesign, the easiest way to do this is to create a layer for the illustration and text, and a separate layer for the glitter/foil. Then you just block in the area you want glittered in black on that separate layer. Otherwise, you can simply tell the publisher in your cover letter that you want the book to have glitter throughout. You can send a small sample of it with glitter hand applied on a copy of the illustration, but I wouldn’t recommend mocking up the whole book this way… if your book gets picked up by the Publisher, then you can discuss your ideas for the rest of the book. (I’ve posted screen shots with examples of foil and emboss on a real greeting card mockup here.) Question : Who decides the shape of the book (square, landscape, portrait etc.) - the illustrator or the publisher? Answer : The publisher usually has specific sizes they work with, but there is some flexibility there if the illustrator has their own great ideas! […]

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