Four tools to create a color palette
Wear the blue neck tie to suggest boldness and confidence. Wear the red tie for passion. Or so the conventional wisdom offers those business persons who are presenting themselves for […]
Category Archives: graphic design
Picture Book Construction: Know Your Layout (Picture Book Dummy)
Reblogged from Writing for Kids (While Raising Them): Editorial Anonymous provided a great explanation of basic picture book construction a few months ago. At that time, I skimmed the info. […]
Job title – Creative Director
It is still a bit odd for me when I see the title of “Creative Director” on the labels of mail and packages that are delivered to my office desk. […]
Good design is more than this
(image via Jonathan Trier Brikner) There’s more to being a design genius than this. Truly. Just because you have a computer, laptop or tablet allowing you to download free fonts […]
Hidden in the closet
Something hides in the closet. Below the button down shirts and dress slacks for work, behind the winter wardrobe of sweaters, vests and jackets, and against the back wall is […]
Letter writing, a vanishing art
The week before Fathers Day I completed a book design project that is a “legacy of letters from a decorated World War II hero…” Or so the back copy states. […]
How to write a business bio
Or not. Here’s what professional copywriters will tell you. There are two steps to writing your business bio: provide an overview of your skills and experience. include related or interesting […]
How to capturing abstract ideas in a book cover design
How do you capture an abstract thought for a book cover design? That’s the question one person left in the comments section to Judging a book by its cover. That is a challenge. A […]
Judging a book by its cover
For me, every book cover I design begins with pencil sketches that eventually lead to ink drawings. Actually, I suppose it begins prior to that. The author receives a pre-publication questionnaire […]
Associate art director Chip Kidd talks about designing the cover and interior artwork for Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84. See also this post. (via youmightfindyourself) (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
