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When I read the voyage of the dawn treader for the first time when I was younger, I never found it exciting. Watching the movie was so much easier for me. There was more action. But reading the book now as an adult, I catch so many more things and the meaning that C. S.…

Whether for animation or to gain followers or to gain popularity within your Etsy shop, whatever the reason, building a character Portfolio is a crucial thing for the creative field. While I don’t plan to get into character design for animation any time soon (though how fun does that sound?) I still plan to build…

The second book in the Chronicles of Narnia, if you’re going with the publishing order, is Prince Caspian. This book cover was especially fun to design. I love the look of the night sky, the stars, and the clouds. The gradient tool in Illustrator is probably one of my favorites to work with. Ultimately, my…

Building your portfolio is a fabulous way to show people what you can do. Especially for folks in the industry. If your portfolio is available through a website, it is easily accessible, and anyone can view it. It’s a great way for opportunities to open. But say you’re in my shoes. Your last semester of…

At the end of my two school years, I took part in a portfolio show where folks from the graphic design industry could come and see what the students of the media and digital media design programs can do. The show was a rousing success, there were quite a few industry folks who came, and…

If you’re like me, you overthink literally everything. Overthinking even the smallest of actions leaves me feeling tired and unhappy. Thus, I can’t do the best work that I can do. Fighting overthinking has been something I have fought for years now and over time I’m getting better at managing it but that’s not to…

The end of the school year is coming and as such finals are here! With my Portfolio Show approaching rapidly, assignments are due, and I am in ‘crunch mode.’ One of my final assignments was to create something original, something that I could choose to do, so long as it challenged me and represented my…

This is the first time I’ve ever worked in leather. Let me make the mistakes so you won’t have to. You have no idea how many videos I’ve seen, how many tutorials I’ve encountered, studied tirelessly in preparation for my new project. I’ve bound a book before, but not dealing with leather. The tricky part…

Recently I saw a video of bookbinding with linen that was adhesive on one side. I immediately wanted to try it and set about looking for some adhesive linen. Having searched and searched wherever I could I finally stumbled across some on Etsy and bought some. They didn’t arrive for a few weeks and in…

In my last blog post, I explained how to make a stencil out of paper. Well, we’re going to try it out on the leather. How does acrylic paint handle the leather? The first step was to wash the leather. Which I did not do, but if I had to guess a damp wash cloth…