This is another college student’s senior portfolio project. She asked me to do a drawing of her in the style of Studio Ghibli, which was more challenging than I expected (I forget how insane anime backgrounds are compared to their simple line art characters). But I downloaded a few new Procreate brushes for this project, which saved me a lot of time and stress. Overall, it was really fun to do. I always like learning other artists’ styles for a project.
Cover and Interior Design for ‘The Endeavor’
This is the last college student’s portfolio project of the previous semester. This cover might have upwards of ten photos mixed together, but I’m not sure I can name them all now. It was definitely one of my more heavier-composited covers, since the character on the front was so specific and tied to one of the stories Justin had in his anthology.
Cover and Interior Design for ‘What Makes a Man’
I designed this cover for a student at my alma mater. I offer discounts to professional writing seniors who need to compile all their work into a printed book for their capstone project (yes, I help them with their homework…legally). It’s been really enjoyable to do these, and I have a few more upcoming for this semester. I often do the interior designs for these as well, so they’re fun creative side projects that break up my standard workload.
Interior Layout for Drosselmeyer: The Watcher’s Realm
I had a new challenge recently, and for once, it didn’t involve designing a book cover (that was handled by the talented 100 Covers team, whose work you can see below). Instead, I was tasked with creating the interior design for a full-length novel and reflowable ebook—and to match it with its previous book in the soon-to-be trilogy.
Book Design for To The Stars
I was able to design Grace Ingles’s senior portfolio project for her professional writing degree. I loved being able to do illustrations this semester, and had fun laying out the interior designs for this book in particular. I was able to play off of the design and color scheme of The Girl Who Drank The Moon, and use a similar typography as the Lunar Chronicles, which I really enjoyed.
Cover and Layout Design for “A Writer’s Wilderness”
Ever want to read a western…but with dragons? Kylee Kosoff just graduated with her degree in professional writing and published an anthology of her work (and yes, there be dragons in the west).