Tag Archives: Photoshop

Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 7…

Posted on April 17, 2019 by pouringmyartout

#1 Okay, I did some mock-ups of the first of the background photos I took, with our princess in front of them. The white line in the center of each version is to remind us that the cover will be … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 5…

Posted on April 14, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Oh yeah, now our model… my younger daughter, Mollie… is looking more like a princess leading a desperate rebellion against an evil empire! It sure helps that I replaced the plastic PVC pipe she was holding with a spear. I … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 4…

Posted on April 12, 2019 by pouringmyartout

No, I know it looks stupid now. It is just an early-stage mock-up. I decided that I am going to do a wrap-around cover, so the beach will extend all the way to the back cover of the book. This … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 2…

Posted on April 9, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Let’s begin with… uh… the beginning. I have four photos of my daughter, Mollie, to use on the cover art for my newest novel. I am making copies of all the changes as we go, because I have to use … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 1…

Posted on April 9, 2019 by pouringmyartout

The thing is… (hey, thing!, you haven’t been around here forever!!!)… that these mock-ups that I did a long time ago are no longer relevant. That is because I had to rename the novel. It turns out that ‘the seven … Continue reading →

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I know, but…

Posted on April 1, 2019 by pouringmyartout

… I also have Photoshop, so I can do anything I can think of with the cartoon me’s… Also, just for the record, and in case you haven’t been keeping up, my hair is grayer now, and shorter, and I … Continue reading →

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Just bee yourself…

Posted on March 12, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Or would that be: just bee your self?

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Don’t be just one of the herd…

Posted on March 11, 2019 by pouringmyartout
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Feeling blue… and green… and purple… and some other colors…

Posted on March 4, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Okay, this is just an excuse to post a few more of those photos I took from the Berkeley Hills that night over Christmas vacation when I went up there with my mom to see the sun set over the … Continue reading →

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Hey tRump, if you want a wall so badly, why don’t you build it yourself…

Posted on February 18, 2019 by pouringmyartout

The real irony here is that, if he wants a wall built in the United States, the odds are that he will end up paying quite a few Mexicans to help build it. That is just the truth. Maybe a … Continue reading →

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