Pulse Design and Publishing

Indie designer and Indie author husband-wife team. Cover Design/Interior Formatting. Logo and other graphic design. Web design.
@emhowell_writes @mattjensenart

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We played around with #animating a #bookcover this evening! Not bad for a first try. What do you think?
#WritingCommunity

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@JayceeJarvis @EMHowell_writes @HLCarter_Author @lisankumar @wren_murphy @MkLorber

[E.M. Howell @EMHowell_writes]

Strong women, big swords, epic adventures, and beautiful love stories come together in this fantasy book with femme fatales who look just like you. #curvybook #curvyfantasy

PRE-ORDER: https://t.co/EEhuIOiCM3

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@CatalogScanner #AnimalCrossing #acnh #acnhguide #ag

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#FREE sample of my #fantasyromance novel is now available! Get it here:
https://t.co/OM3cHEAk9a

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#dailydesigntip Do some research before you begin, so you are prepared to tackle your design properly.

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#dailydesigntip Have you heard of #fontfamilies? If you feel like your design is bland with the same font, try some different weights and styles of the same font to break up the monotony.

[😷 Picky Bookworm (Proofreader) @PickyBookworm]

I think as part of my new candle business, I'm going to name my candles after indie books :-) any authors that would like their book as a candle, please let me know. I'll need to figure out a way to make it legal, and I will link your books on my product page.

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#dailydesigntip What is the universal way to create unity in a design? #mood!

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#dailydesigntip Keep it simple silly! You've heard this one a hundred times before, but we changed it because nobody deserves to be called stupid. (Which is what we've all felt like while trying to use the remote on the right)

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#dailydesigntip Consider the audience your design is for. Is it something that will speak to them? It ought to be.

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#dailydesigntip Make sure you can read the text on top of your background image. You can do this by pushing #contrast (making image darker or lighter than text) or reducing image #clarity (ex: blurring it).

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#dailydesigntip Keep your design in line! Using lines is a great way to create more solid anchor points for the rest of a section. Ex: adding lines to a section header works well as a separator of information as well.

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#dailydesigntip If you feel like there's too much text on a page, then you can easily break that up with #icons wherever possible.

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#dailydesigntip Use #Alignment to group things together. Imagine there is a grid on your design and things that go together should align to the same point on that grid.

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#dailydesigntip Repeat after me: Consistency is key. All aspects of your visual brand should look like they belong together.

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@RomanceMystic glad it impressed you, we're eager to have time to explore this idea further as this was the first try at it! Animation is tricky to be blunt about it

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#dailydesigntip: Stick to a colour palette! Professional designers limit the colours they use, and keep them consistent throughout.

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#dailydesigntip: Use #whitespace where you want something to be cleaner and more striking.

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#dailydesigntip: Don't be afraid to make the most important part of a design the largest. In fact, you definitely SHOULD do that.