Check it out! 聽I made this little sketchbook collection with the folks at BLURB. 聽This just came in last night, and I love the way it turned out. 聽The cover has a satin finish, and the interior paper is heavy and feels like my actual sketchbook paper.
I鈥檓 a huge fan of BLURB and will definitely use them again soon to make more portfolio books to show off my work to clients.
I鈥檓 super excited to announce that my new book RANDOM ILLUSTRATED FACTS is now available for pre-order! 聽 It鈥檚 more than TWO HUNDRED fully illustrated and hand lettered pages of totally random knowledge. 聽(see a few pages below). 聽
AND right now the publisher is giving away a FREE book facts poster for anyone who preorders! 聽Get your free book facts poster here.
Here are a few pages:
See MORE random bits everyday at: 聽@mikelowerystudio
Today is day 2 of rounding up images for my sketchbook book with the folks at Blurb, who offer print-on-demand custom books. 聽Huge thanks to blurb for sponsoring this project!
I鈥檓 going through all of my sketchbooks trying to figure out which pages would be the best in the book. 聽Once I鈥檝e made my selection, I scan them in, clean them up (only a little) in photoshop and then upload them to the blurb server. 聽The first time I used Blurb I think I uploaded an InDesign document, but today I鈥檓 using their built-in book design software and it鈥檚 way easier.
They have a bunch of different formats and sizes, including magazines and hard cover books and I was tempted to do a really HUGE book at first. 聽In the end, I decided to go with their 7x7 photo book, which is only a little bit bigger than my actual sketchbooks. 聽I was able to compare their papers with their swatch kit, available here.
Once I drop in all of the images using their built-in book design software, I鈥檒l need to make a new cover (blurb has a wrap-around image option or a dust jacket), and then it鈥檒l be a wrap. 聽
The awesome folks at #blurbbooks have asked me to put together a little book for them and I immediately said yes. 聽I鈥檝e been using them for years to print my promo books that I take with me to meetings or trade shows. 聽Here鈥檚 a recent one I made with them:
Since I already had a recent portfolio book, I decided I鈥檇 go through my sketchbooks to find all of the random doodle pages. 聽Over the next few days I鈥檒l be compiling those together into a little book that I鈥檒l print through Blurb. 聽If you鈥檙e not familiar with Blurb, the print on-demand books! 聽Their quality is excellent (I鈥檓 really picky about paper and color!).
So, today I spent the morning scanning in tons of pages from my sketchbooks.