ebook cover design

My favourite clients over at Airthrey Ltd have just published their first ebook. It was a first for me too as I was asked to design the cover image.

It's different from a paper book cover as it takes a lot less information and has to be readable at a very small size. I used the thumbnail size on Amazon as a guide when designing so that the title could be read the smallest.

Anyway hope you like the cover...and the book!

Selling like hotcakes!

I'm very pleased to finally be in a position to start selling my new range of books on Etsy. I'm releasing them slowly and so far each time I've put them in my shop they've sold within an hour or two.

So if you'd like a Christmas Tree, Baby Bottle or Cupcake book you better act fast!

Book sale

With work under way on my new range of books, it'd be great to find good homes for my current stock. I've reduced some of my prices (and may reduce others) so head over to Little Bird Design UK to check it out!

Hyperactivitypography

As a bit of a type geek I love this book - Hyperactivitypography which is available to flick through on the site. Not sure I'd manage all the activities as there's an impressive amount of thought gone into them all. I'm gutted to learn that they've sold out so we will all have to make do with the online version.

I found this book and lots of other very cool stuff on the Swiss Miss blog

Exhibition update

The ECA exhibition is now sadly finished so if you missed your chance at seeing my book in situ then here's the double page spreads. The poem is by Edinburgh based poet Nancy Somerville from her first book of poems, Waiting for Zebras. Her book (whose cover I designed) can be bought at Red Squirrel Press.

Exhibition

If you've got a spare moment this week pop into Edinburgh College of Art sculpture court. There you will see all the work of people who have taken evening classes at the college. The array of work is incredible from beginners to avid enthusiasts and if you check out the cabinet at the end you'll see my little illustrated book.

I'd love to hear from you about your favourite piece/s.

Double whammy

Still dizzy for my website big launch earlier this week, I am now very pleased to announce that my Etsy Shop is open for business. You can find me under the name Little Bird Design UK and I'm selling a range of handmade journals and cards.

I've got loads of ideas for products so keep an eye out for new item listings.

Best Before

Last night was my final illustration class. I completed my illustrated book of Nancy Somerville's poem, Best Before. I've submitted it to the Art Studies Student Exhibition at ECA so all going well it should be on display at the Art College from 16th - 23rd April.

Also seen here is one of the images from the book done as a relief print from my weekend course. I hope in the next few weeks to complete the remainder of the illustrations in the same style.

And finally, I made the badges very quickly in the class yesterday. Now I want a badge maker!

Update

Sorry folks, I have been very bad at updating my blog recently. As well as photography I've been busying away with illustration and web design and not letting you see any of the results. Here's a wee sneak preview of my illustration work for a book I'm creating. All going well the real deal will be available to view at Edinburgh College of Art in April.

However it is with fighting talk that I am starting my day today, I'm determined that I'm going to finish my website really soon (this week maybe) and I think the more people that are expecting it the more likely I am to finish. Well, that's the idea anyway!

So grand unveiling of my website coming soon...

more book binding

I've been book binding again. It's a very relaxing and satisfying pursuit cutting and folding paper then making it into an actual object. I'm hoping to be able to make some of my output available via an etsy shop soon!