KCTV Tower Sketch Book

Over the Christmas break, my girlfriend and I agreed to make eachother presents.  The budget was under $10, so it seriously narrowed my options.  As a member of the fibers department, she constantly sketches ideas from dreams and inspiration for clothing ideas.  So I decided to make her a sketchbook.

Since our first arrival in Kansas City, the first thing to greet us was the enormous KCTV tower, lit up in the night. It was very beautiful and has served as a beacon for us to get home when lost. So it's a special monument to us.  So the theme for this sketchbook was the tower.  The color choices were based on her favorite colors, the tower color, and the value changes that come with lighting at night time.  I even included a page with a brief back story of the tower.  I'll post some pictures when it gets unwrapped on Christmas. 

The materials will be a thick matte cardstock for the front, back, and 2 inside pages.  The sketching paper will be a bright, thick laser paper to help bring down the cost, and up the number of pages for sketching. Binding meathod has yet to be determined. I will likely do a stab bind with some sort of ribbon.  But if there is a place locally that provides wire-O binding services, I might check into that instead.


The order will be Title page, Merry Christmas page, sketching pages, history page, back cover.

Here are the screen grabs: