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Category Archives: Book Design
Keeping Good Habits
This is the thin 3-ring binder I bought from a dollar store near work and filled it with 97¢ worth of looseleaf paper in order to work out the story of The Teenage Beast. I am writing an outline for … Continue reading
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Posted in Book Design, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cheap sketchbook, creature, drawing, habit, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, notes, novella, punk, short story, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA, wasting time, writing
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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Comin’ At YA!
Today’s digital doodle was a happy accident I made while playing with Affinity Designer’s step-and-repeat feature. I was playing around with a logo I worked up a while back for J.L. Curtis’s series of science fiction books and seeing how … Continue reading
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Vengeance is best served ICE cold…
J.L. Curtis’ new science fiction novella ICE is available NOW as an electronic edition with a cover by yours truly. The author describes his latest science fiction adventure as such: Vengeance is best served cold… Twelve years old is NOT … Continue reading
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Posted in Book Design, Illustration, News, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged commando, digital illustration, ice, Illustration, JL Curtis, Joe Williams, outer space, science fiction, USA
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A Summer Read – RIMWORLD: Diversions
J.L. Curtis has just released the fifth book in his RIMWORLD series of science fiction novels and he was kind enough to bring me along to illustrate and design the cover!
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Posted in Book Design, Illustration, News
Tagged book, book design, e-book design, J.L. Curtis, Joe Williams, outer space, science fiction, space, space opera, space station
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Twisted Tropes
Twisted Tropes, a collection of short stories by eight authors that I recently designed. Things are never what they seem, and on the other side of this cover, what you know isn’t so! Plunge into eight tales of that will … Continue reading
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Nothing But Time
A new novella I designed by J.L. Curtis is now available on Amazon! Old habits die hard. Life at the Frog Pond Bar was usually quiet, aside from a few Marine versus SEAL fights. Its owner, Hal Gleason, referred to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Kindle Books, book design, J.L. Curtis, Nothing But Time
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Country Boys (and Girls) Will Survive
A kindle cover I designed for an outstanding short story by J.L. Curtis. With Halloween right around the corner, it’s an eerie tale that’s worth a read!
