Tag: MOD
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I heart my job
I’m putting together some files for my web site’s portfolio (it’s about time!), and I am reminded of how much I absolutely love designing wedding albums. My favorite part about my wedding albums is they’re not just picture books – I am a journalist by trade, so I enjoy telling stories. Rather than showcasing just the…
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What brings you here?
I’m stealing borrowing a blog topic from Amy, which is to list the search terms people use when they stumble upon my blog. At times the searches can be quite interesting! Flashing boobs – Is it weird this is the most-searched topic that leads people here? nanowrimo book cover – Of course, for National Novel…
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I heart my nieces
Wanted to take a minute to show off my beautiful nieces and some of my design work at the same time … I designed these birth announcements for my sister-in-law and my brother for their baby girl, born in early September. Isn’t she beautiful? If you want more, I wrote about them here not too…
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How to create a book cover (#nanowrimo or otherwise)
1. Write a book. 1. Think about the book you are going to write. (if you’re not allowed to write until Nov. 1, like I am) 2. Think about who you want you book to appeal to as they are walking past the display in the bookstore. Men, women, young, old? Want it to have…
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#nanowrimo book cover design!
As you know if you’re following this, I won’t actually start writing the book until Nov. 1. But I have character sketches, a plot outline, and a working title. Why not go ahead and design the cover? I should clarify I do this for a living – so it’s a bit instinctual for me to want…
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My new toy
Ok, so a new monitor is really not that big of a deal, but I was working on a 19″ standard before. Of course, I use my laptop as a second monitor, so it wasn’t all bad, even before. This new one is a 24″ Dell, and, as you see in the picture, I can design magazine…
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One of my first design projects
Me in my room at 15, being photographed by The Charlotte Observer for an article about the teen panel I was a member of. I was very proud of my wall! Susan jokes that I was able to turn it into a career …
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“I designed my own …”
As a graphic designer who does custom commissioned work, my job is to listen to my clients and create designs based on their wants and needs. I am not a puppet reproducing the work exactly as they request it; I am adding my own style to each piece and making certain that the pieces are…
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I was Privileged …
Designing a blog header The great thing about working with my friend Chris is that we are on the same wavelength and have the same goals when it comes to design: Simple, readable, modern. I should state we don’t officially work together. We have separate companies and live in separate cities. But we talk via Instant Messaging…
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September 11, 2001
On that day 7 years ago, I was still a rookie copy editor and page designer at the newspaper. Fresh from college, I had been working there just 9 months, and this day would be the first day I would see what an impact working for the media can have – not just on the…