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Basic Printing Terms – Book Design 101

In this episode, we’ll look at some basic printing terms that you might want to know to understand what your designer and printer are talking about!

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Guide to Standard Book Sizes – Book Design 101

Welcome to Book Design 101 – a handy guide covering all the basics of what you need to know when publishing your first book. In this episode, we’ll look at how big – or small – your book can b

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The Anatomy of a Book (Layout) – Book Design 101

Welcome to Book Design 101 – a handy guide covering all the basics of what you need to know when publishing your first book. In this episode, we’ll look at what, exactly, should be a part of the b

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The Anatomy of a Book (Cover) – Book Design 101

Welcome to Book Design 101 – a handy guide covering all the basics of what you need to know when publishing your first book. In this episode, we’ll look at the most popular book formats and all th

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Printing effects: a guide to making your cover special

If you thought that self-publishing doesn’t offer much in terms of printing effects that can make your cover SCREAM – you were wrong. …or at least partially. If you decided to follow

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5 Tools That Make My Job Much Easier (Designer/Artist Edition)

Every artist has tools that they would preferably never be separated from – tools that make our lives SO much easier and save as tons of time that we can now productively use to watch cat memes

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So I almost never did studies like this digitally. So I almost never did studies like this digitally. 

I always assumed that I will learn more drawing on paper – there’s no CTRL-Z (okay, erasers partially count 😆). There’s no Liquify tool to make quick changes. The more challenging it is, the more you learn, right?

Honestly, I feel like I learned way more this way than the way I usually draw 😅. 

Maybe it’s just a change of medium that made me look at these studies with fresher eyes. BUT - I had a lot of fun, and being able to make quick changes, flip and rotate the canvas and the reference image made the experience of painting these SO much less frustrating. I feel like that left me with more time to actually STUDY things, compare angles and curves, and notice details I would have otherwise missed. 

This was supposed to be a short project, but I think I’m going to keep doing these as warm ups – maybe I’ll get to a 100 by the end of the year! ;)

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"The Brotherhood Rises" by Matthew Pope - a dark f "The Brotherhood Rises" by Matthew Pope - a dark fantasy novel with a young knight as the protagnist. ⚔️ 

Any illustration that allows me to paint armour immediately ends up as a favourite. 😎 

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DO these 5 things... to create a very cool and eye DO these 5 things... to create a very cool and eye-catching book cover😎 

Second part of the "5 minute typography (and composition!) lesson" series, focusing on book cover design. 

Includes: hierarchy, chaos, and communication. 😉 

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