[The Artist's Way Ebook Free Download
Virginie Fayad
I've recently started to use the ebook covers as a rotating wallpaper for my computer, but the images contain the full cover. I remember that the old DM news articles for the covers had links to just the images themselves, without the text underneath, but it seems like those links no longer work after the move. I would absolutely love to be able to use those images as a background, since the artists did such splendid jobs on them, and a blown-up background of the portraits would look so much better. As such, I was wondering if I could still be able to access those images somehow (maybe a repost of the links or addition to the gallery?), or if someone who has them could be kind enough to send them to me. Thanks :)
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera combines Hindu philosophy with Marxist critical theory to tell a genre-bending, millennia-spanning tale that aims for the head, not the heart. There is a certain pleasure in reading this collection of postmodern stories, but it is an intellectual pleasure, not the emotional pleasure of reading a great yarn.
Dragonmount is a fan-maintained website dedicated to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series. It is an online community of people from all over the world who have come here to experience the series to the fullest.
I have explored art and design for the last 30 years: creativity, fantasy design, jewelry-making, color theory, drawing, painting, model-making and all kinds of arts and crafts, both digital and traditional. I also have extensive experience writing ebooks and teaching online for since the beginning of the web, for almost 20 years. I'm sure you're going to love my ebooks!
-Eni
Still, some hard decisions had to be made. The scene includes thirteen women working together. If we did a long shot, we could include all thirteen, but then we loose the ability to engage with specific characters. When you add in the thumbnail-size that ebook covers are often first seen at, I thought it best to focus on a few of the key characters: Elayne, Aviendha, and Nynaeve.
The scene fell together pretty quickly after that. I have to say a special thanks to our Leigh Butler who called me in a mild panic after the sketches were approved: it seems that the clothing in the scene was described in the book before this one. Not something I ever would have caught. And further proof that the more people we let into the process, the better it is for the project.
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This book is a collection of my ink and watercolour illustrations from the last 3 years of my travels around the world. There are over 130 illustrations from 15 countries across 4 different continents contained within this 60 page PDF.
It took me a number of months to put the book together. Luckily I had many aspects ready (such as hi-resolution scans of my illustrations already edited) and some notes from various trips I could edit down and add in. I also have previous experience using Adobe software and a reasonable grasp on graphic design principles. Oh, and I had the time too. Because, Covid.
So, I figured it out myself and I decided there may be some other people out there who could do with a bit of guidance too. For those of you out there who have a body of work and are keen to put your own ebook together then I really hope this post can help you.
While I cannot go into step by step details of how to use either Photoshop or InDesign, I will do my best to explain the overall process so that you can delver further into using these programmes if you wish.
I am going to focus on the book becoming an ebook, and more specifically a PDF ebook. However, if you wish to print your book I would encourage you to speak to a printer first who offers these services to find out what the requirements are in terms of size, number of pages etc so that you can set your book up correctly from the start.
After the free trial, the software is a month by month subscription so you could just pay for another month and then cancel. For more information on the Adobe Creative Cloud, visit their site here.
Firstly, you will need to scan all of your sketches into your computer. It is possible to take photos of your sketches instead of using a scanner, however, it is far more difficult to get a decent end result this way, even after editing in Photoshop, so I would highly recommend using a scanner. Most scanners will have some options where you can choose the resolution you wish to scan at. You should scan your work in at a minimum of 300 dpi.
I also highly recommend scanning your image in as a TIFF format (rather than a JPG or anything else). This is because the image does not get compressed and you have more flexibility to edit the scan in Photoshop without losing any quality. Once you have edited the image in Photoshop, then you can save it as a jpg file but more on that later).
I will show you my exact sketching process in ink and watercolour. I have travelled around the world in the last 3 years and this is my go-to system of creating beautiful yet quirky illustrations to capture the magic of my discoveries.
We will work through 3 projects, step by step (pictured below), all of which are real-life examples of things I have sketched along my travels. I provide the photo references you can work from.
We will start by choosing a composition, laying in the initial pencil sketch, adding ink lines, layering watercolour and adding the final touches.
This and much more are included in my course, Sketch Your Adventures, click the button under the image to find out more!
Now we are ready to move to the computer. Launch your desktop publishing software of choice. I use Adobe InDesign purely because I already have it and I already know how to use it. As mentioned above, there are alternatives to InDesign out there which may be more affordable or convenient than having to pay a monthly subscription so do have a look around. Most pieces of software involve a bit of a learning curve so once you have chosen something, you will probably stick to it for any future projects too. If you do want to use InDesign (which is basically the industry standard) then check out their offer here.
As mentioned I have not used any of the software above however, there is a lot of information online and tutorials on Youtube so once you have decided on one that suits your budget and technical level, then invest a bit of time in getting to know how it works.
This is where I initially went a bit wrong. I ended up inadvertently sizing my book pages too small. After I had exported a PDF to preview the document I realised my error. I had to go back set a larger size and reset all of the text and images I had laid out! This was not fun. Learn from my mistake and set your document at the right size to begin with.
The first thing to remember is that we are designing an e-book. Therefore most recommendations will be dependent on the size of the device you are targeting. As we are focussing on a PDF here (and not a written book for an e-reader) then a good size to aim for is a mid-size tablet.
Within Adobe InDesign, there are settings to choose specific types of devices such as a 10.2 inch iPad or a certain model of phone etc. These are useful if you are designing an app for example and you want to design for many different screen sizes.
Our PDF ebook can be resized nicely for most screens so this is why picking an average-sized tablet screen will do fine. My book was designed at the size: 1668 x 2224 pixels. I have tested my PDF book on several phones, a Samsung tablet, a MacBook 12 inch and a Macbook Pro 15 inch and it looks perfectly fine across all of them.
Make sure your document is laid out on individual pages and not with facing pages (where you can see 2 pages adjoined in the middle like a traditional book). Your PDF will be scrolled with one page beneath the next so make sure you also lay it out in this fashion.
I always knew I wanted to create the book in order to sell it to the public. If you are making a book just for you, or to share freely with friends and family (or even the world) then perhaps you may make slightly different decisions. I think an introduction page to explain a little about the project is essential if you want to put your work out into the world.
If you are going to use two different fonts, you want to balance them. If you have one overly decorative or script-like font (like the handwritten font I used) then your second font should be simple and clean to help balance this. If you have two fonts that are decorative or flamboyant they will clash and it will look messy. If you use two simple clean fonts together, it can look confusing, like you accidentally used the wrong font in places.
You may wish to use some accent colours here and there in your book, perhaps for text boxes, headings or other design elements. For example, each of my chapters is colour-coded, and that colour is referenced in the contents page and with a strip at the bottom of every other page within the chapter. Is it necessary? No. But does it add a bit of design and make it look a little more polished? I think so.
Once your book is laid out (which I promise will definitely take some time, especially if you are new to InDesign or your desktop publishing software of choice) you are ready to export the document as a PDF in order to preview it on a tablet, phone or computer or all of these.
This is when you want to check everything is legible and looks right in terms of size and clarity. Arguably you could actually do this stage a lot earlier, perhaps after you have laid out 6 pages or so. This would help you avoid my mistake of having the whole book in the wrong size document!
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