Ascendance of a Bookworm

The first woodcut failure has led to the conclusion that woodcuts are not suitable for picture books, but I can’t give up here. I hold a reflection meeting with Lutz on the way home.

“Failure is the mother of success, and I think it would be better to identify the cause of failure and lead to the next success”

“Well, yes. Well then, what is the cause of Mine’s failure?”

Yeah, whispering and saying so to Lutz, I think about the cause of failure. There were three even if I just came up with it.

“First of all, I think the sketch to engrave was too complicated. Wilma’s delicate painting was not suitable for woodcuts that had to carve the board.”

“That’s right. You need to give up the woodcut or change the Vilma painting.”

It is not possible for Vilma to put an illustration for each book, so either looking for a method other than woodcuts or letting Vilma draw a simpler line drawing.

However, Vilma has never seen anything other than the pictures in the temple. I have never seen anything in the temple. In this situation, I think it would be impossible to change the picture. At the very least, if you don’t have enough examples to say, “Please ask me like this”.

“Other than that, there was also a mistake in my mirror letter? You had to check it better. You can prevent this by paying attention. Other people can check it together.” [19459002 ]
 

“Well, what if it would be better to separate the letter and the picture board from the beginning? If the letter fails, does not affect the picture?” [19459002 ]
 

“Lutz, genius!”

Because it is a picture book for children that learns characters for the first time, it was an image that somehow had a picture and letters together, but the pages may be separated, and the boards may be divided vertically.

“After that, how to sculpt. There were some failures.”

Some of the characters were pierced, the lines of the picture were popping out, and there was a noticeable failure when printed.

Lutz swells my cheeks to my indication.

“It’s bad that there wasn’t a tool for carving. It’s not because my brothers’ arms are bad.”

“I don’t have tools … Lutz’s house is full of profession”

Lutz’s house has a large storage space for work, and there must have been various tools. When I remembered Lutz’s house, Lutz lightly gave up his shoulder.

“That’s an architectural work, so there are more tools for processing wood than there are other houses. But there are no tools for fine work. I don’t use it “

Certainly, there is no need for crafting tools for Uncle Deed’s everyday tools or tools needed to repair the house. Even my father has some tools to do big things, but he does the fine things with a knife.

“That picture was too fine to carve with a knife”

“Huh? Did you carve it with a knife?”

When I asked for a job, I had to prepare and hand a tool for carving like a sword. It can be said that it is good for carving with a knife.

“The next time I ask for a carving job, I’ll give you the tools as well. Can you tell my brothers a big thank you?”

“Oh, I understand … Why did you make a scripture for children in the first place?”

Lutz told me that I changed the process of creating something from a picture book for babies to a scripture for children.

“Is it possible that Virma’s paintings were basically temple related?”

“So if you’re making something for babies, doesn’t it mean that it doesn’t have to be a scripture?”

“Well, that’s right”

Everyone thinks that my paintings are not good, so I thought I had to leave it to Vilma, and because Virma’s drawing was related to the temple, the story goes with it and it became a children’s scripture. It just became.

… That? If you think carefully, the children’s scriptures won’t become a picture book for babies?

I noticed something serious. What is required for books for babies and for children is a little different. Don’t keep it all together as a child.

“Yes, let’s make a black-and-white picture book for babies first. Deferred children’s scriptures”

“Because there is only paper and black ink, it can only be a black-and-white picture book.”

“That’s right, but it’s a little different”

Now, let’s go back to the starting point and think about the picture book you want to give to your baby. It reminds me of child library theory and child service theory.

It is said that the sight of a newborn baby can only be seen vaguely. Visual acuity is closely related to the development of the brain, and by looking at various things every day, it develops with little stimulation.

From about 3 to 4 months after birth, it becomes possible to identify a clear color like red, and the line of sight will follow properly when the rattle is moved.

Approximate visual acuity at around 1 year of age, but until then, the contours are blurred, and pale colors seem to be difficult to identify.

Therefore, clear contrast and easy-to-understand shapes are important for picture books given to babies under 1 year old. The colors are white, black and red, and it is easy to recognize clear shapes such as circles, triangles and squares.

Therefore, it is recommended that picture books for babies from 0 to 2 years old use simple primary lines and colorful primary colors, and the words written are simple and refrained many times. It has been broken.

I remembered a black-and-white picture book that looked just like a line-up of picture books for babies. If that is the case, I can draw even now.

“Lutz, I make a picture book at home without going to the temple tomorrow!”

“I understand. After I contacted the temple and looked at the Mine workshop, I would go along with it. It’s dangerous if you don’t watch when you make something, Mine is”

I can’t argue with Lutz, who said, “I ’ll do it,” I immediately turn away.

“Then, I want to buy cardboard, so can you bring me 10 sheets of finished paper?”

And the next day, Lutz came to my house before the third bell rang.

“Wow, I’m in a terrible state. If you have Aunt Efa, you’ll get angry.”

On the table of the house, there are scattered notepads, pencils, slabs and writing brushes with missed paper. If you have a mother, you must be told to “clean it up”, but today both mother and Turi are working, so no one gets angry.

In order to think about what kind of thing to draw, various figures are drawn on the stone board. When you have decided what you want to draw, hit a notepad and draw with a pencil. To see the impression of black and white, a pencil on paper is easier to understand.

Since there was a ruler in the father’s tool set to draw a straight line, take it out and draw a line. After drawing a triangle or a rectangle, I tried to draw a circle on paper and stopped. I want a compass.

“Lutz, is there a ‘compass’ at home?”

“… What is it?”

“It’s meant to draw a beautiful circle, and it’s like this and I use it like this …”

Lutz whispered lightly when he drew a picture on a stone board or showed a gesture of drawing a circle using two fingers.

“Ah, a compass? I used to be at home, but I don’t feel like it now.”

“Sorry. Well then, there’s no help for it. I have to substitute a different one.”

“Substitute?”

I bring a thread from my house and stick it to the pencil. It would have been nice if there was a push pin, but I didn’t have it, so I stuck the thread on the nail I was looking for from the toolbox.

If you hold the head of the nail with your left finger and move the pencil so that the thread is taut, you can draw a circle once. If the center is not off, it’s okay.

“Oh, great”

You don’t usually need to draw a beautiful circle, and if you need it for work, use a compass. Therefore, Lutz shouted with excitement whether it was the first time to see such a drawing.

seldom praised me, so I am very good at drawing various circles, but small circles are difficult to draw. If you try to draw a lot of shapes like this, you want something called a template ruler or a stencil ruler.

“Lutz, do you sell a template ruler or a stencil ruler?”

“What is it?”

“… This is a thin metal or” plastic “with holes of various sizes like this …”

You can just draw a frame or fill it. It is very convenient when drawing many of the same patterns. If a compass sells, there may be a stencil ruler.

Draw on a stone board and explain, but Lutz only tilted his head. Apparently I have never seen it.

“How do you use it?”

“Uh, like this, I use it to draw a figure of any size along the hole frame”

“… Can I make it with cardboard?”

“Wow! Lutz, genius!”

Start making a stencil ruler using a piece of cardboard to make a picture book. I drew shapes such as circles and triangles, changing one by one. If you go through this beautifully, the stencil ruler is complete.

I handed it out with Lutz and drew the shape with excitement. There are no tools.

“It’s so fine, I can’t cut it with a knife!”

Compare the cardboard and the knife they have and sigh lightly. If it ’s a big one, it can be cut. If it is a straight line, it will be managed. However, the small circle does nothing.

“If you add the necessary tools, you’ll become a second-hand dance of woodcuts. Go to the blacksmith workshop first and have Johan make a” design cutter “”

“What is it?”

“It’s a small and thin knife that I can use”

It is better to go in a neat manner as long as you order work. I and Lutz changed into apprentice clothes, took a guild card and a carefully drawn forin paper purchase order, and went to the blacksmith workshop together.

Since the artisan street is on the south side of the city, the blacksmith workshop is relatively close to our house.

“Hello”

“Wow, welcome”

It seems that he has been dealing with customers until now, there are several wooden cards on the table just entered, and the parent sitting in a chair touches his heel while looking at the eyes Come.

It seems that I remembered my face when I ordered a brush, and my parents looked at me and looked at me.

“Ann? Isn’t she Miss this time? Is it an order again?”

“Yes. Johann, are you there?”

“Oh, I’ll call you, sit here and wait”

Roughly holding a stack of wooden bills, the master enters the working room behind the back with a loud voice.

“Hey, Johan! A guest!”

After a reverberating voice reverberated, a boy with orange eyelashes bounced from the back as if rushing.

“Yes! … Oh, during this period, people of Giruberuta Chamber of Commerce. Hello”

“Hello. Do you say but I have a order?”

“Oh, please”

Johan immediately prepares a wooden bill. There, I submitted a Folin paper purchase order and turned it around.

“I want you to make a” design cutter “this time. Look at this.”

Johann touched the paper unusually, then looked through the drawing I drew and narrowed his eyes a little inexplicably.

“I often order large knives, but I’m unlikely to order thin, thin, small knives so far. What are they using? What can you do with such a small blade?”

“I’m cutting this paper. It’s vegetable paper, not parchment, but I don’t need a small blade to cut out small circles.”

“Huh … this paper? This is my first time touching plant paper.”

Johann picks up the paper with his fingertips, hits it back and forth several times, and shakes it in front of him to check the feel.

After letting me like it for a while, I pointed to the back of the purchase order. Johan wants to ask questions and ask questions, so this time I wrote the size and usage in detail on the purchase order.

“So, the handle can be wood, but it would be nice to be able to replace the blade in this way. If you don’t fit, I’m wandering and dangerous, so I want to ask Johan, who is good at fine work. “

Referring to the figure, Johan asks some questions about changing the blade. In response, when I gave detailed instructions, Johann’s eyes began to burn. Apparently it has ignited the craftsman spirit.

“… Hey. Interesting. It’s good that you can easily replace this blade.”

“And then, please put a lid or a special case together. Sharpness is sharp, dangerous, thin, small and easy to chip or break.”

“It seems better to have some blades to replace.”

After various meetings, pay the advance payment to the parent with a guild card.

“When finished, can you deliver it to Gilberta?”

Even if you send it to us, you may not be able to prepare cash immediately, but if you tell Gilberta Shokai, if you pay Benno first, Johan will pay you properly when you receive it . And since you can exchange with guild cards, there is no need to carry cash.

“Lutz, Mine!”

We were called by the gatekeeper in front of Gilberta Shokai on the way home from the temple about 10 days after ordering the design cutter. Marc told me to stop by because there was luggage.

Upon entering, Marc gives you a long and narrow box.

“Johan from the blacksmith workshop brought in the afternoon. Johann was very excited that it was an interesting job.”

When I returned to my house, I immediately made a stencil ruler with a design cutter that Johann made. Since there is no dedicated underlay mat, I tried to cut it on the board so as not to apply too much force, but this seems to cause the blade to hurt quickly.

However, thanks to the sharp and easy-to-use cutter, the stencil ruler itself could be easily made. If you put a stencil ruler made of cardboard on the notepad and fill the hole with a pencil, it will be a black circle.

“… If I used a cardboard and applied ink like a stencil, wouldn’t I have to sculpt the board? Wow, am I a genius?”

Using a ruler to do what I came up with, I design a black and white picture book.

Two large triangles arranged one above the other and a fir tree-like figure with a rectangle attached to the lower triangle, a rounded eye, a semicircle mouth, a triangular nose, and a string compass I drew happily the flower-like figure that I did when I made the hexagon.

Then, while cutting out with a cutter, the family told me to finish it, and the mold was made the night when the cutter arrived.

“Luts, look! I was able!”

The next day, I will show Luct the finished mold. Each figure is about A5 in size, with the original cardboard cut in half.

Lutz, who looked at all 10 cardboards, looked at me with suspicion as he looked over his eyebrows as if he was in trouble.

“Nah, Mine. This picture … is the baby really happy?”

“Rejoice!” Contrast “is clear in black and white, and because it is a combination of figures, it doesn’t matter how bad you are in the picture?”

In my explanation, Lutz looked more suspicious for some reason.

“Well, if Mine is convinced, that’s fine.”

Lutz, who seems to be suspicious, starts making a picture book in the workshop in the afternoon. This time, I will apply black ink using a brush in the manner of a stencil. Because the paper with the brush is drawn at the fine lines, a rag cloth is wrapped around the tip of a thin stick like a cotton swab.

“Wow, it’s amazing! I was able to do it!”

“… What is this, Maine?”

“What do you use for?”

Children came around and looked in. I answer with a full smile, as the gray priests line up on the shelves to dry.

“It’s a picture book for babies”

“… Baby?”

“Do n’t you?”

The reactions that come back are all subtle. I don’t know if I can tilt my head or look away, but there’s an air around me that I shouldn’t say anything extra. After all it seems not to be understood. I hope the world could catch up with me as soon as possible.

lonely that there is no comprehension, but a black and white picture book page was created. After that, I want to stand up like a folding screen, so I have to stick the finished paper to the board, make holes in the board and connect them with a string.

…… For glue Glue ( Nika ) I have to make it.