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Chick-Lit and Similar Genre Terms
chick-lit: a sometimes derogatory term for literature aimed at women, about single women in their twenties who are looking for love trick-lit: “Trick Lit is the term [Seth Godin invented] for a chick lit novel that pretends to be something else, hoping to rope people in with an interesting premise. 30 pages later, you discover […]
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Who Wants To Be A Poodle I Don’t by Lauren Child Analysis
Who Wants To Be A Poodle I Don’t is my favourite Lauren Child picture book. I can see it being used in the classroom to teach the concept of the leitmotif, among other things.
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Digital Illustration Tips and Hints
Layers and Merging Create lots of layers, periodically grouping and merging before the doc gets too cumbersome. When flattening, always ‘save as’ each version. Regular saving as (rather than just hitting save) will help you out if your software crashes and corrupts upon re-opening. You can flatten an old version and use as a reference […]
