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- Adeline and the Mystic Berries, Author/Writer Interviews, Books. Books. Books., Giveaway, Illustration, Interviews, Misc. Fun!, Uncategorized, What I am Working On, YouTube Video
What I’ve Been Working On & GIVEAWAY!!!
My latest YouTube video is up and this time it’s all about what I’ve been up to the past few months as well as an upcoming GIVEAWAY! I just received over 1,000 subscribers on my Ink & Stitches YouTube Channel and it’s time to celebrate!!!
I only have one question for you before the giveaway is up and running…
Would you rather an art print of one of my
finished illustrations, or an amigurumi
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Even More Videos on Ink & Stitches YouTube!
Four New Videos Now Live on my Ink & Stitches YouTube Channel!
I finished up editing and posting the last four videos I had filmed to my YouTube Channel. They are ready to help you learn new techniques and stitches that can be used when making your own amigurumi patterns, or if you are working through ones you found online that include these techniques: picot stitch,
changing colors in the round (with jogging vs. jogless)
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New Ink & Stitches How to Crochet Amigurumi Videos!
I’ve been hard at work since finishing up the illustrations for the Corgi book series (book #1). Since illustrating had taken up all of my free time for the past few months, I thought it time to get back to my
Ink & Stitches YouTube Channel
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New Video: How to Assemble the Happy Sunflower Amigurumi
It’s been a couple of months since I’ve posted, so I thought I’d jump back in and share a new video I just put up on my Ink & Stitches YouTube Channel on: How to Assemble the Happy Sunflower Amigurumi.
Since posting the
pattern for the Happy Sunflower
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What I am Working On: Dad’s Underwater Illustration Reveal!
I finished my dad’s underwater illustration just in time for Father’s Day! I framed it and it is ready to hand over to him this coming Sunday.
I am so pleased with how it turned out and that when I set my mind to it, I was able to get it finished in time for his special day.
To commemorate the time and work that went into it, I wanted to do something a little different and post a video showing my progress of this illustration from start to finish. It is always a lot of fun to see the progression of illustrations.
It’s made me realize that I tend to work on exterior details first, then to the forefront characters, and last I finish off the illustration by doing the background color, whether it is for the sky, or in this case, the background water. I think I always worry that I am going to mess that part up, so instead of getting it over with, I save it until the end where it can make or break my illustration. No pressure there!
I hope you all enjoy watching this short video. Let me know what you think in the comments! What comes next? My next plan is to begin coloring in and getting the illustrations ready for my Middle Grade Fantasy book,
Adeline and the Mystic Berries
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Interview with Dan Alatorre, Co-host of the YouTube Show, “Writers Off Task With Friends” & GIVEAWAY!!
What comes after writing a book? How do people find time to write? What goes into getting published? Is it better to self publish or traditionally publish? Is social media necessary as a writer?
I see these questions come up a lot. So many fledgling writers want to know what to expect.
The hosts of Writers Off Task With Friends, authors Dan Alatorre, Allison Maruska, and J.A. Allen, address these questions and more, on their weekly video show.
What I like most about this show, is that it feels like friends casually talking about the business of writing, and sharing their experiences.
I sat down with Dan recently to discuss the new show’s unique appeal to writers.
You guys have certainly answered some of the “new author” questions, or touched on them in the videos you have already. One of my favorite interviews was with the three authors of, “Follow the Goose Butt, Camelia Airheart!” Hearing about the process of collaborating on book writing, and how they each added their individual strengths to the mix, was very inspiring. Wanting to illustrate my own book, I found everything they had to say very interesting.
Those ladies are amazing. I met Colleen through her blog, and when she said she was working on a children’s book with her friends, I wanted them on the show. They’re hilarious, but they are doing the things we all want to be doing—getting a book published and promoting it.
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What I am Working On : Decrease and Invisible Decrease Videos
I thought it high time to post a couple more How to Crochet Amigurumi videos on my
Ink & Stitches YouTube Channel