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Turning a real dog into a character

If you read The Next Story in The Waking Prince (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-waking-prince/id582084676?mt=8), you will know that Joble

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Getting started

Ask yourself two things before you start your design work: 1. What kind of story is

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Colors create feelings

If your piece of writing is a cheerful one, try making the title yellow. If it

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Make space!

When a page is crowded, it is hard for the reader to appreciate your work. So,

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Why is it so short?

Our own handwriting is usually bigger than a computerʼs typeface.  So, if you type up a

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Yelling and whispering

Writers sometimes make some of their words look special to make them sound a certain way

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Characters in Conversation

You will often want characters to talk to each other in your stories, and you will

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Making designs heard

Have you ever noticed that when everyone is talking to you, you can’t actually hear anyone

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Start here!

The previous tip advised making just a few design elements “heard.” Look at the art once

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Fancy first letters

An initial capital or initial cap is when the  first letter on a page is bigger

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