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Shadow’s Law’s Part 1
Today marks three years since our beloved mutt of 12 years died. I put together this little book (5.5″ x 4.25″) shortly after his death as a tribute to his life and as therapy for me in the grieving...
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Shadow’s Law’s Part 2
Concept: One of the next decisions I made was how to highlight the 10 Laws. I decided to use “thought” bubbles to set them apart and to emphasis the idea that Shadow was the author of these laws. I...
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Shadow’s Law’s Part 3
Concept: With the laws written and the idea of using thought bubbles decided it was time to find photos to illustrate each of the 10 laws. This can be challenging depending on how many photos you have....
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Shadow’s Law’s Part 4
Concept: In this book all of the text is put on top of the photos. This can create a challenge sometimes as to where to put the text. It would be unusual if you could put the text in the same place on...
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Shadow’s Law’s Part 5
Concept – Using Drop Caps: Because the text on each page is in a different location I decided to use drop caps to make draw your eye to the beginning of the paragraph. I use Adobe InDesign for all my...
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Shadow’s Laws Part 6
Challenge: Text over busy backgrounds like photos can be difficult to read. Of course when possible put the text on the least busy part of the photo. The next thing to do when placing text over photos...
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