Ex Libris Bookplates

[George356]

I've searched through the forums for some way to create a drag and drop bookplate as used to personalise old books in the "Ex Libris" style" but can't find any reference to any resource, either bought or free. I have the full package, Photo, Designer, Publisher, and have had for a long time. Can anyone help me to personalise my library?

 

Thanks

George

[MikeTO]

45 minutes ago, George356 said:

I've searched through the forums for some way to create a drag and drop bookplate as used to personalise old books in the "Ex Libris" style" but can't find any reference to any resource, either bought or free. I have the full package, Photo, Designer, Publisher, and have had for a long time. Can anyone help me to personalise my library?

Hi and welcome to the forums. I don't have one but you might try googling "ex libris bookplate template". You don't need to find a template specific to Affinity, just something that you can place or open.

[George356]

1 minute ago, MikeTO said:

I don't have one but you might try googling "ex libris bookplate template". You don't need to find a template specific to Affinity, just something that you can place or open.

Thanks for the reply Mike. That is the path I have followed, but I thought it would be nice to have some sort of generic set of Assets where you could just select from a list and customise image, borders, font, colours etc.

 

It looks like I'll have to go about creating my own resource pack

 

Thanks again for the prompt reply saving me hours of frustration looking for something which isn't there.

George

[firstdefence]

Interesting website with some nice examples: http://art-exlibris.net/ and the youtube video I got the link from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXhLWgDcMXA

[George356]

Thank you firstdefence, food for thought indeed.

[George356]

This is my first attempt at posting a Designer file with editable layers, let's see if it works

Your name Ex Libris.afdesign

[George356]

And my attempt at an editable Art Deco bookplate

 

 

Art Deco Your Name bookplate.afdesign

[George356]

I'd like to thank the posters who replied to my original post setting me on the right track, I'm going to build up a set of assets that could be used to create these fascinating bookplates, maybe they will be of some use to others who like the printed word as well as the E-Book version.