I’ve embarked on a new endeavour. It may or may not be a success, but I’m trying it anyway.
What is this new endeavour, you ask?
I, trishajennreads, have started selling designs on RedBubble.
That’s right. I’m not just a reader, writer, and editor. I’m a designer too.
Kind of.
I studied communications in university. My focus was on professional writing but I took a lot of courses on design as well. How something is designed has a huge impact on it’s readability and it’s use as a communication tool.
But…I’ve let my design skills (and my Adobe Creative skills) lax over the past few years. So, I came up with a way to encourage myself to spend a bit of time each week practicing my Photoshop or Illustrator skills – create fun bookish designs using quotes from books, and about books and reading.
I know there are a boatload of choices out there for neat bookish designs and products, but I’d appreciate it hugely if you took a moment to take a stroll over to RedBubble.com and see my portfolio. Let me know what you think, here in the comments or on Twitter. 🙂
This is another creative outlet for me and I’m have so much fun doing it. (And I’ve already made a sale! Woohoo!) I think it’s already increasing the flow of my creative juices. I wrote more the other night than I’ve written in weeks.
amo says:
Love the “‘You read too much’ is not an insult”. If I could afford it at the moment, I’d want a T-shirt with that on it…
itsallwritebygab says:
So cute! You should really go with this cause your designs are so cute. Do you make these designs from scratch (pencil and paper)? Will definitely check out your portfolio. ☺ gab
Trisha Jenn Loehr says:
Hi Gab! Thanks so much! You’re too sweet. 🙂 Sometimes I sketch out an idea, but I usually use fonts and graphic elements that others have already created. It’s fun to use their puzzle pieces to make something of my own.
itsallwritebygab says:
Cool! Hope you make more amazing art in the future!