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Illustrating Children’s Books that Keep Schools Safe

Benjamin was my illustrator for the school safety book Students Can Help Keep Schools Safe. I gave him written instructions as to how I wanted each illustration to appear. There after he had full artist’s imagination to create each image in the best way that he saw fit. I am thrilled with the illustrations that… Continue reading Illustrating Children’s Books that Keep Schools Safe

Just One More Book

With SO much happening everyday in the children’s publishing area, it can be very difficult to stay on top of things. Andra from Just One More Book just sent me this cool children’s book resource. I hope you find this as interesting and educational as I did. . . www.JustOneMoreBook.com “A podcast about the children’s books we love and why… Continue reading Just One More Book

30 Common WordPress Mistakes

30 Common Website/WordPress Mistakes by both Novices & Pro Authors Allowing your content to be author-focused instead of reader-focused Using WordPress.com instead of self-hosted WordPress (.org) Using a generic or defective theme Not designing for mobile use Not optimizing pages and images for SEO Not properly integrating social media Not setting up the permalinks properly… Continue reading 30 Common WordPress Mistakes

Four Keys to Strong Branding and Book Design

Clarity Is your message clear? Are you confusing your audience with multiple messages? Your brand logo and your book cover need to be easy to read for every occassion, whether as big as a billboard or as small as a business card. Consistency From cover to cover, and everything in between, does your book follow… Continue reading Four Keys to Strong Branding and Book Design

Selling your book

So you’ve self-published your book. It has stunning graphics and of course, great content. What’s the next step? Selling your book so you can write the next one! One of the best ways to sell books is through the one-on-one contact that occurs with book signings. That’s why we’re recommending you check out P. A.… Continue reading Selling your book

SiteBuilder Tutorials

Welcome to the SiteBuilder Flash Tutorials. Below you will find some of the most popular topics for dealing with the SiteBuilder. Login & Demo Here Using the Wizard Working with text Working with images Working with tables Working with hyperlinks Managing your site pages Modifying your site design Creating a photo gallery Creating a blog… Continue reading SiteBuilder Tutorials

Touché! Cartoons

Client Review:”I use Cherished Hosting. First Cherish beat my other providers on cost. Then she de-mystified some very complicated tech issues and has helped me grow and expand my web knowledge. Where I was told I ‘couldn’t’ do this web stuff on my own before, Cherish assures and assists me so that I can.… Continue reading Touché! Cartoons

Larry Kresek, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design Illustration Department Chair

Cherish Flieder is a talented, versatile, exceptionally well organized, highly educated artist. Savvy in business, along with possessing a breadth of visualization skills that range from exceptional ability in the traditional artist’s materials to a robust understanding of the workings of the computer, its design software and practical applications, Cherish Flieder is a dynamo of… Continue reading Larry Kresek, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design Illustration Department Chair

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Artlandia

Artlandia® SymmetryWorks® is a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. By making patterns live and interactive, SymmetryWorks transformed pattern design, which used to require long, tedious, and painstaking manual work, into easy, fun, and rewarding activity. Released in 2001, and currently in its fourth major release, the plug-in won recognition and user loyalty and has grown to… Continue reading Artlandia

wordle

If you haven’t had a chance to play with this little online program, you might want to put down your mouse and have some fun typing keywords into Worlde. This little program will automatically generate designer-looking word clouds of any words that you enter. The more your enter a word, the larger it will appear… Continue reading wordle

13 Steps to a “Slippery Slope” Online Sales Letter

by Alexandria K. Brown, “The E-zine Queen” Many of the solo professionals whom I coach are people who offer services. They’re coaches, consultants, creatives. And many of them are also beginning to sell information products on their Web sites. They’re smart to offer a lower-priced alternative to hiring them, and to sell a product that… Continue reading 13 Steps to a “Slippery Slope” Online Sales Letter

PeopleBrowsr

PS: did you know that on PeopleBrowsr you can do cross network searches? Eg; search for “car” in Flickr, Twitter and YouTube in a few clicks. PeopleBrowsr is a simple visual dashboard that adds more power to Twitter, your other online identities and those of your friends. Jump to the site, Add your IDs, And… Continue reading PeopleBrowsr

Idea: Let us force a line break

WordPress Source – Soni An easy hack for inserting a line break is to break up your tags. For example, to get some extra space between a bolded title caption above a pic and the block of main text above it, I’ll bold the caption text, then add a return between the first bold tag… Continue reading Idea: Let us force a line break

decor8

blog about textile and paper design for fabric printing www.zoo-inK.com/ZOOINK/zooink.html for fabric screenprinting (small runs available) advanced Digital Textiles www.silkscreenframes.com screenprint supplies and will also burn screens for you Licensing http://www.artisticbrandmanagement.com/Home_Page.html shows www.printsource.com www.directionsshow.com http://www.surtex.com/ Design tutorials lynda.com Books Craft, 101 by Mateo Ilasco Design Your Own Repeat Patterns : A Quick and Easy Approach… Continue reading decor8

Facebook Artist Pages: Live Links

Image via Wikipedia Our Cherished Solutions Facebook artist pages are now direct linked! For Painting for Life check out: http://www.Facebook.com/paintingforlife and for Something to Cherish visit http://www.Facebook.com/somethingtocherish. Image by Cherished Solutions via Flickr Related articles by Zemanta Need more Facebook Fans? (techtalkformoms.com)

Sell on Amazon the Easy Way

I was working on Amazon today and ran across this and thought you might be interested for future product ideas. . . https://www.createspace.com This is crazy easy to make and sell physical products and digital products on demand and make a healthy royalty with little or zero cost to you. WOW! Check it out and… Continue reading Sell on Amazon the Easy Way

Create Custom Weaves in Corel Painter

This is a very detailed outline on how to create custom weaves in Corel Painter: PART 1 – by Robin Wood PArt 2 – by Robin Wood

8 Ways to Get Creative During a Credit Crunch”

by Ali Brown Although the credit crunch is still weighing on millions of people, it doesn’t mean the end for every small or medium-sized business. In fact, this is a great time for savvy entrepreneurs to grow a business and prosper by thinking creatively and strategically. To make sure your business thrives during the downturn,… Continue reading 8 Ways to Get Creative During a Credit Crunch”