Hey kitties! I’ve got a book review to feature today, this time for the awesome peeps over at the Self-Publishing Podcast! Fiction Unboxed, A Unique and Raw Look behind the Curtain of Story Construction. Exceptionally informative and wildly entertaining, Johnny B. Truant’s unique style of non fiction inspires me to go out and make things. […]
How I Prepare for NaNoWriMo
[dropcap style=”font-size: 40px; color: #AFBCFE;”]T[/dropcap]here are plenty of NaNoWriMo prep guides and blog posts out there but this is how I do it in 5 easy to follow steps. Step 1: Sign Up Go to http://www.nanowrimo.org/en and sign up. Then go to your My NaNoWriMo page and fill out your info (or in my case […]
The Making of a Picture Book 5
Art Eating Bindings Don’t forget you illustration’s end result will be a bound book and thus some of the image in the center of the spread where the binding is is going to get lost. If an item goes into the binding it should also come out the other side. It’s more than a little […]
The Making of a Picture Book 4
Don’t Forget the Text Though I can’t show you the text I can show you were it is going to go. One of the tricks in illustrating a picture book is the leave space for the text without leaving a gaping whole in your illustration. When I plan out an story illustration I always have […]
The Making of a Picture Book 3
For the benefit of our viewers some words will now have roll over explanations. We have italicized them as well so you know which ones. Efficient Design As I mentioned before due to the nature of this book the characters, foreground and backgrounds are drawn on separate layers like in a animated cartoon. In my […]
The Making of a Picture Book 2
Saturday Morning Picture Books? In our modern day of book apps and trailers, the line between picture book illustration and animation is becoming more and more blurred. Because Lazy Saturday Afternoon is going to be made into both these things I have to approach the illustrations in a different way. Similar in fact to how […]