We got a new refrigerator, so to make it feel welcome, I made a set of magnets. Here are some of them, photographed in their natural habitat. To do a project like this, you have to have lots and lots of little pieces and different types of paper, otherwise they aren’t terribly creative.
Jun 13
Seeing Things, Part 12: Time Management Charts
Dear Blog Friends, I’ve been reading a lot of sites that talk about epublishing. I think I need to correct a misconception that they present. One would think, from reading and researching epublishing, that this is how you should spend your time getting your book published. Here is how I actually divide the time …
Jun 11
Cover Art Mockup 1
This is the first mockup for the cover of my novel, SEEING THINGS, which will be epublished later this summer. To start with, I used the painted background which I made using acrylic, stamps, and layers of black gesso. After photographing it, I scanned it and then played with the color to get a brighter …
Jun 10
Book Review: Microserfs
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland This book is lauded as the zeitgeist manifesto of Generation X, and to some extent, that’s true. It takes place in the mid-nineties, in Redmond, WA and Silicon Valley, and if you lived through that time (and especially if you were in your early twenties in that time) Microserfs will hit …
Jun 08
Seeing Things, Part 11: paper books and cover design fallout
Dear Blog Friends, My right arm has been hurting for about a week, and I finally figured out why: Mouse Elbow. Yup. Too much time with gimp. So, I’m going to take a break from cover design for a while, even though (because) it is SO MUCH FUN now that I’ve figured out some of …