Turning a real dog into a character
If you read The Next Story in The Waking Prince (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-waking-prince/id582084676?mt=8), you will know that Joble…
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Tips on: all design tips
Use the THEME to get crazy!
In the previous tip, I talked about picking the theme for One-der, but that doesn’t mean…
More...How design tips work
For some tips I will show before and after pictures so that you can clearly see…
More...Getting started
Ask yourself two things before you start your design work: 1. What kind of story is…
More...Colors create feelings
If your piece of writing is a cheerful one, try making the title yellow. If it…
More...Choosing a typeface
Computer fonts are called typefaces or faces for short. Look through the list of typefaces available…
More...Why is it so short?
Our own handwriting is usually bigger than a computerʼs typeface. So, if you type up a…
More...Title page pizzazz
A title page is just like the cover of a book—an entire page for your story…
More...Yelling and whispering
Writers sometimes make some of their words look special to make them sound a certain way…
More...Characters in Conversation
You will often want characters to talk to each other in your stories, and you will…
More...Making designs heard
Have you ever noticed that when everyone is talking to you, you can’t actually hear anyone…
More...Start here!
The previous tip advised making just a few design elements “heard.” Look at the art once…
More...Fancy first letters
An initial capital or initial cap is when the first letter on a page is bigger…
More...Page numbers
Small things make your stories look more inviting and designed. If your written or typed story…
More...Not too much!
We have covered many things that you can add to your stories, but make sure not…
More...The words of “The Waking Prince”
My sister, Zobelia, has written this story on so many messy pages. I need to take…
More...Backgrounds
I love the idea of parchment style paper for the background of a fairy tale. This…
More...The typefaces
I have chosen my parchment paper. I like the one that feels the most warm and…
More...Adding in art
Now that I’ve settled on the two typefaces for the story text and the background parchment,…
More...A story comes to life!
The sketch worked wonderfully, so Scoble the illustrator elf went on to do a final drawing,…
More...Start by studying the story!
Every good designer wants to start by knowing WHAT they are designing. In the case of…
More...Finding the theme
From the first time I read Zobelia’s story pages for the new story, One-der, I loved…
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