art and bookcover and bookcovers and case studies and covers and critiques and design and new work Sue Campbell on 03 Sep 2010
What’s not to love about zombie bunnies? Right?
I don’t often get to do a cover that presents so many fun possibilities. Well, everything I get to do in book design is fun, with the possible exception of endnotes, or maybe the 101st revision on a cover that started out pretty neat in the first go [...]
Personal News and Photoshop tips and art and bookcovers Sue Campbell on 10 May 2010
Where book cover design is concerned, the imagery has traditionally come from paintings, or illustrations. By the middle of last century more and more covers used photography. Today it’s anything goes, with some genres leaning more toward illustration and some more toward photos, and some with no imagery at all.
I bemoan the fact that I [...]
art and design and miscellany and silliness Sue Campbell on 13 Apr 2010
You can deduct expenses for a whole lot of stuff other people can’t. Have just finished my taxes this year, and yay! I don’t owe anything.*
I thought this little gem in the New York Times by graphic designer Sam Potts was hilarious. Click to got to original post.
*Boo, I don’t owe. If you’re self-employed you [...]
Nanowrimo and art and bookcover and bookcovers and books and color and covers and critiques and design and fiction and publishing Sue Campbell on 08 Feb 2010
The third book in the cover contest gets posted today! Which one do you pick?
Nanowrimo and art and bookcover and bookcovers and books and color and covers and critiques and design Sue Campbell on 05 Feb 2010
I’m enjoying the discussions of the covers for Breath. The interesting thing about cover design is that it’s largely subjective. What appeals to people is depends on their backgrounds, their preferred genres, their cultures, education, socio-economic level, and gender among other things. With all the variables it’s a wonder we can agree on anything! But [...]
Nanowrimo and art and bookcover and bookcovers and color and covers and critiques and design and new work and writing Sue Campbell on 03 Feb 2010
First let me apologize once again for how long it’s taken me to get these underway. All kinds of things just conspired against me having any time to work on them. Paying work has to come first, because, this is my job after all. Writing and holding contests are just my hobby! So here goes.
These [...]
art and books and design and inspiring Sue Campbell on 16 Dec 2009
This just leaves me speechless. I can’t decide if it’s really cut paper, stop-motion animation or if it’s CG. If it is real then wow. Just wow. If it is CG, it’s still pretty impressive.
Design tips and Photoshop tips and art and covers and design Sue Campbell on 01 Nov 2009
I don’t know how many of my readers are designers, or writers or innocent bystanders. Identify yourselves! Anyhow, this is for the designers out there. I’ve been a Photoshop user since … uh … (counting backwards on fingers … removing shoes and socks). Right, 1989. Photoshop 2. (Yes 2! Were now on 11.1 and 12 [...]
art and miscellany and silliness Sue Campbell on 13 Oct 2009
This is just coolest video I’ve ever seen. Left me speechless. And entertained.
Opinon and art and bookcover and bookcovers and color and covers and design and marketing and new work Sue Campbell on 04 Sep 2009
A new memoir, A New Day by Dora Barilla, has just been published by Stephens press. Here is the winning cover, by yours truly (of course).
But how did we get to this cover? This wasn’t the initial direction that the author and publisher wanted for this powerfully written story of one firefighter’s terrible accident, [...]
