Picture Book Process
Is It Color or Value?
In this video, I look at how value affects clarity, depth, focal point, and composition and how it can help us understand what may actually need adjusting.
Long Essay
Border Play #3 (Finale): The Frame That Changes with the Story
Borders don’t always stay still. In this final Border Play essay, I look at frames that shift with the story, using Where the Wild Things Are and What Is a River? to explore how changing edges carry emotion, time, and transformation. Read more at The Spread Table.
Thinking Picture Book
The Fold (Gutter) Between Pages
Every picture book hinges on a fold, the space where pacing, balance, and emotion live. An essay on how design and story meet in the quiet middle.