Spectrum Sketches

June 21, 2022June 6, 2022 by Beth

As I tidied up my desk this week, I found myself flipping through the pages of my 8.5×5.5 sketchbook. It’s the one that contains a lot of cover sketches, concepts, and character chibis I’ve drawn for the Snakesblood Saga. But it also contains a lot of the rough concepts for… Read the rest...

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Peek inside: Chapter headers

February 1, 2022January 19, 2022 by Beth

I’ve talked before about how much I love maps in books, but I haven’t really mentioned another thing I adore: little icons at chapter headers. So today, we’re going to take a peek inside a bunch of my paperback books so I can share what I did with the headers.… Read the rest...

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Drawing a sticker for Zaide

January 11, 2022January 1, 2022 by Beth

During 2021, my husband indulged in what me and my friends have been referring to as The Tableting, Part 3. Now and then, he goes through phases of wanting a new art tablet and ends up trying… uh, a lot of different options before he finally settles on one. This… Read the rest...

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Art Break: Chibi Tahl

January 19, 2021December 28, 2020 by Beth

Nothing too special to share this week–I sent this out to my newsletter subscribers earlier this month, but the book’s out now, so you get to see it, too. This is the sticker sheet I made to go with the Westkings Heist omnibus release. It’s Tahl, of course! With a… Read the rest...

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Sketching stickers

September 22, 2020August 31, 2020 by Beth

When I was working on the sticker sheet of Vahn to go with the release of Snakesblood #3, I realized it would be a lot more efficient if I made all my stickers at once. So I went ahead and sketched out the stickers that will go with the rest… Read the rest...

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Chapter headers and other interior graphics

May 12, 2020May 11, 2020 by Beth

I like the little extras. The things that make the interior of a book pretty. Little flourishes and things like that. I’ve seen some unbelievably beautiful interiors. I’ve seen utterly plain ones, too. Ultimately, the presence of graphics don’t affect how enjoyable a story is. But they’re nice. Even some… Read the rest...

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Cover reveal: Serpent’s Tears, Snakesblood book 2!

March 24, 2020March 2, 2020 by Beth

Oh, the stories I could tell about this cover. I know, I know–it’s a little unorthodox to be sharing the cover for the second book in a series before the first one is even out, but let’s be honest. We’re less than a week away from the release of Serpent’s… Read the rest...