Book design
Blog posts about book design. Art in progress, creative process, design, layout, illustration, writing, printing. Everything that goes into making books.
Throwback Thursday! Communication Breakdown
June 24, 2021 | BlogThrowback Thursday to the first full page comic I created, called Communication Breakdown.
Comic Panel of Yesteryear
March 25, 2021 | BlogThis is a panel from a very old comic. I was trying to write a picture book at the time. Someone, somewhere on the net, described creating comics to help flesh out characters, or something, so I thought I’d give it a try. The story ended up being very different from this, and the character, […]
It’s a Rabbit Hole
March 19, 2021 | BlogThe real danger of revisiting old artwork, is that your definition of where the acceptable finish line is has no doubt moved in the time since you created the work. I really just want to adjust a few colours, and add minor design elements, and it’s really hard not to fall into a rabbit hole […]
Revisiting
March 9, 2021 | BlogI want to print a book I made a couple years ago, but I can’t help revisiting a few of the illustrations first. Someone stole her wrench? WHAT?!
Wrenched Update – Design Milestone Reached
May 26, 2017 | BlogThis week I completed paint on the 24 story pages of the picture book. That’s an important milestone for the project, but no time to celebrate. There’s still a lot of work to do!
Designing Pictures
May 19, 2017 | BlogIn general the entire process for designing illustrations turns out to be not much different from any other design project. And it really is design.
Storyboarding for picture books and cats
May 5, 2017 | BlogYou’ve probably heard of storyboards used in movie production. They’re also a useful and common tool for planning all manner of books, not just picture books.
Adventures in writing
April 27, 2017 | BlogI need personal design projects to keep me balanced. I wanted something more substantial, so I decided to create a picture book.