{"id":24435,"date":"2022-10-29T11:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iantm.com\/books\/?p=24435"},"modified":"2022-10-29T23:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T03:59:41","slug":"zosan-2nd-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iantm.com\/books\/2022\/10\/zosan-2nd-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Z\u014dsan, 2nd Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After I finished my third book, Where All the Little Things Live<\/a><\/em> I realized I had learned a lot. My writing improved, weeding out words and sentences. I\u2019d learned how to render light sources better in the illustrations and how to be more subtle using the spot colors. And I\u2019d settled on a layout style that I really loved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I turned to my second book and after about a year of revising the text and illustrations \u2014 even adding a few new ones \u2014 I completed a 2nd edition of Tamaishi<\/a>, So far it seems it\u2019s gotten more attention when I bring it to book events, and I\u2019m really happy with how it\u2019s turned out<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021 I realized I was almost out of copies of Zosan, my first book, slowly selling them over the last seven years. The revision of Tamaishi was such a success I decided it was worth revision Zosan as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve thought a lot about how I could have just left these book behind and started something new. But I\u2019ve realized that even though I published these books that they were, in many ways, still a draft. Not a first draft, but certainly a step in the process. The third book was a product of that evolution and could not have happened without the other two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to where it all started\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

And so I turned my attention to Zosan. First published in 2015, I realized grand ambitions of letterpress printing the book because I wanted it to be something that would last generations. This printing process came with a number of constraints \u2014 the most obvious being I could only print using a single color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I struggled with this. A central theme of Zosan is color, and it seemed odd that there were none in the book. I justified it both with the constraints of printing and the idea that color could be left to the readers\u2019 imagination. But I was never quite satisfied with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the 2nd edition I\u2019m using five spot colors in addition to black to use color in a way that enhances the book aesthetically, visually, and thematically.
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Color unfolds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The book begins a monotone blue. It adds some depth but is generally flat and mirrors Zochi\u2019s pleasant but bland view of the world. But he discovers something and his world opens up \u2014 suddenly he starts seeing beauty everywhere. We see this unfolding as see more spot colors on the page, green, red, violet and eventually even blending the spots together to make a sixth color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I loved how in Tamaishi I was able to switch from the vibrant green (381U) to blue (290U). it signals a point in the story where the situation has turned for the worse\u2026 until things are resolved as we revert back to the original green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Zosan, I want to use a deep purple layered to a similar effect \u2014 at a certain point in the story the colors disappear and the tones become dark, saturated with deep violet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The first image is only PMS and black<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zochi\u2019s first encounter with color introduces a purple PMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As the book continues we start to see Greens and Reds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Purple is also used as a foreboding color, rather than just black. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m looking forward to realizing this with Eberhardt Press once again in the coming months, hopefully getting it done by early next year. I\u2019ve currently revising the text as I\u2019ve gotten through all of the artwork, even adding two brand new illustrations to the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trusting the process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s exciting to have a chance to finally be able to see the book realized the way I originally imagined it \u2014 a testament to trusting the process, something I\u2019ve always wanted to embrace from the beginning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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