I started this with a base of some autumnal-print calico. I love autumn. I love leaves, the colors of autumn, cool weather, everything. (It’s kind of ironic that I live in a city where we don’t have autumn.) I had a plastic stencil I bought at a wonderful craft boutique while on a trip …
Tag: book
Nov 14
Crow Charm Book
I’d had three half-finished book covers waiting around for a long time, probably a year or more, and never gotten around to finishing them. Partly it was a lack of time, and partly it was because I felt like I lacked any creative ideas. This is kind of unusual for me, but when I feel …
Aug 27
Emily’s Fifth Birthday Cover
This was one of my first publications, and you can see I kind of struggled with learning how to use gimp to make the cover. The ones on the left were much smaller, and I decided I’d scroll through my photos and find something brightly colored and interesting, then make sure that my name and …
Feb 18
Gingerbread House, small
I made this because I wanted to do a new cover for a pair of short stories I was republishing, one of which is “Gingerbread House.” My current strategy for book covers is “make something cool and take a picture of it” so I made a batch of dough and created a pattern out of …