Category Archives: My art

I decided to start carving another tiki…

Posted on June 23, 2017 by pouringmyartout

You know, because editing two novels and preparing them for self-publication, designing covers for the books, beginning work on a new novel, getting a kid ready to go away to college, working two part-time jobs,  all while trying to send … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 5…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Well, this one has more princess, which I like. And I darkened up the foliage a little. Is that still too cluttered?

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 4…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Another quick layout idea for the cover art for the new book. This one has the princess… AKA my daughter, Mollie… I like the grey background better than the white, but I still think it needs some foliage. And yes, … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 3…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

This is about as simple an idea for a book cover as you could possibly come up with. A plain, white background. I like the font. But I miss the princess. I want to come up with a way to … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 2…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Admittedly, the first of my ideas for a cover for the new book was a little too… crowded? claustrophobic? busy? This one captures the fact that the seven kingdoms are all individual islands. It also captures the fact that our … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 1…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Okay, that is a quick mock-up of a very simple design. There is still a lot we could do with that. We could use filters in Photoshop to make the photo of my daughter more faded. Or, we could get … Continue reading →

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I finished my latest novel… part 1…

Posted on June 20, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Some of you may recall that I was posting chapters of my newest novel, The Seven Kingdoms, as I was writing it… it is still there, the parts I posted, at least, under the button labeled: The Seven Kingdoms, in … Continue reading →

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Let’s make this personal… the final chapter… maybe… I mean, you know how I am…

Posted on June 20, 2017 by pouringmyartout

So, nobody really seemed interested in my advice to try out that cool, free internet site that let’s you do awesome stuff with any photo for free… but I already dug these two pictures up from old posts,that I just … Continue reading →

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Let’s make this personal… part 3…

Posted on June 20, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Yeah, I made all of those from this…  

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Let’s make this personal… part 1…

Posted on June 19, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Yes, in my own weird way I am still trying to get all of you to try that free internet site where you can do all kinds of cool effects on any photo, for free, with no more than a … Continue reading →

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