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How I Got Into Barnes & Noble

“Always have a copy of your book with you, wherever you go.”

This is the advice I was given by my mentor and a coach as I was publishing my first book, and I am so glad I listened…

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Choosing My Book Cover

Now, once the Final Art for the each page has been created it was time to consider what the cover would look like. So, the plan for choosing my cover came in three parts: Cover Art, Branding, & and Page Design…

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Creating the Storyboard

After approving what each character will look like, my illustrator was now tasked with creating the storyboard for each scene in the story. I see this process broken down into 3 distinct parts: The Page Breakdown, Page Sketches, and Final Page Art…

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Creating the Characters for The Adventures of Wembly

It all starts with an idea, that idea turns into a story and that story transforms into a world with fantastic characters and the only thing left to do is to catapult them into another realm of reality in the form of illustrations. But to do this, I needed to take my vision and put it into words to assist my illustrator in her work…

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