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Characters in Conversation

You will often want characters to talk to each other in your stories, and you will

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Making designs heard

Have you ever noticed that when everyone is talking to you, you can’t actually hear anyone

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Start here!

The previous tip advised making just a few design elements “heard.” Look at the art once

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Not too much!

We have covered many things that you can add to your stories, but make sure not

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Research!

Our workshop’s first book is a fairy tale called The Waking Prince.  I am excited to be

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Adding in art

Now that I’ve settled on the two typefaces for the story text and the background parchment,

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A story comes to life!

The sketch worked wonderfully, so Scoble the illustrator elf went on to do a final drawing,

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Start by studying the story!

Every good designer wants to start by knowing WHAT they are designing.  In the case of

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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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