Pre-Made vs. Custom Book Covers: Pros and Cons
Pre-made book covers are something I come across from time to time on my IG feed and Threads. It’s not a new concept, of course, but I’ve noticed this type of product saw a rise over the last couple of…
Best Affordable Book Cover Options for Indie Authors
It’s one thing to have a big budget for your book as an established author, but it’s a completely different story when you’re just starting out your writing career. You might not have a publisher backing yet, and you’re probably…
How Much Does a Book Cover Design Cost?
Even though these days I’m mostly known as an illustration artist, I’ve also worked as an art director and in an advertising agency for years. So after having illustrated and designed multiple book covers myself I’ve got plenty of experience…
Where to Hire a Professional Book Cover Designer
If you are an author and you have written your own novel, story or poetry collection, the next big step is to create an appealing book cover for your creation. A book cover that would stand out and catch attention…
What to Listen to While Drawing: Best Music and More
As an artist I spend a lot of my time drawing. If it’s not the work I do for clients, then it’s my personal illustrations. I end up working on my iPad or PC for hours every day. And of…
Top 10 Illustration Trends of 2024
It has already become a good tradition in creative industry to make trends predictions at the beginning of each new year. While most online authors tend to focus on graphic design trends in general, in this article I am talking…
Procreate Dreams: New Animation App Features, Price, Release Date
Savage Interactive, a company that created Procreate – one of the best drawing apps for digital artists, is about to change the creative industry once again. On November 22, 2023 the company is releasing a new animation app for iPad…
How to Create Stickers in Procreate on iPad
If you want to create stickers, either for printing or a digital use, Procreate on iPad can do it all for you. This is an easy step-by-step tutorial showing how I usually do it myself.