🎵 I did the mash – I did the monster mashup-with-the-library-logo. 🎵 This is the first set of new designs I’ve created in years, and the first I did with Affinity Designer. I’m not sponsored by them or anything – I’m just very pleased with Affinity’s program. This also means that I can send you…
Over the years I have created quite a few library logo mashups – many I forgot to share on Hafuboti. Well, I forget no more! With some bonus high-res versions! Having learned how to use Affinity Designer (think cheaper, but just-as-great Adobe Illustrator), I can now create mashups at lightning speeds! Well, maybe not that…
There are times where inspiration hits like an anvil – and May 2021’s theme was like that. Basically, we did not change the theme, but instead, adjusted the décor just a bit for a very easy-yet-effective transition. The last time something like this happened was back when we went from a Mondrian theme to LEGOs….
If you’re a librarian in the U.S. right now, things have been alarming if not downright dangerous for us and our patrons. And when I feel overwhelmed with emotions, many times it is art that helps me process them. This time, I still feel just as upset as when I began this design. And so…
There are times that an idea tickles me enough that I have to follow it through and make it reality. When our Children’s Librarian Jennifer told me that the new book in Aaron Reynolds’ and Peter Brown’s Creepy Tales! series was Creepy Crayon! and then showed me the cover? I knew what must be done….
If you happen to like this sort of run-down on themes, then you might want to check out my 2017 and 2018 posts. I mention Natasia throughout this post quite a few times. In case you’re unaware of who she is, she was my right-hand creative rock star who did the vast majority of the…
Our library’s buildings have been closed for over three weeks now (thanks, COVID-19), and the full-time staff have been coming in to empty the book drops, shelve, figure out future programming options, etc. Since the beginning, after the shock wore off, I began trying to figure out something that our community could do to feel,…
tl;dr for naturally artistic-types: posterize smaller images you want to use and then use a large window as a big ol’ lightbox. This is a post that I have wanted to write since 2015, and I am delighted to finally be sharing this with y’all. Basically, I want to show you how to do this:…
As I was checking in our library’s copy of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s The Gruffalo, I had a sudden inspiration. Then I had to wait until my lunch break to turn the inspiration into a reality. And did I ever make it real! BEHOLD: If you don’t get the reference, then check out this…
Every year when Free Comic Book Day rolls around, I try and come up with fun new things for our patrons to enjoy. This year, our library team’s awesome Ashlynn asked if she could help with the activities and I was all like HECK YEAH BECAUSE I HAVE AN IDEA THAT’LL TAKE TIME TO DO!!!…
I had the honor of making another video for the Washington County Cooperative Library System youth service team this summer. A tiny bit of background on this project: the awesome Bryce from S. Bryce Kozla puts out an annual call to all library workers for fun/inspiring videos to help brighten the day of librarians who…
It turns out that I got some of my themes/months confused. I had thought that our Pokémon Go! décor had been in September. Nope. It was a bonus August theme (thank you to my team for pointing this out to me – and I’ve gone back and corrected my earlier posts as a result). Basically…
Several weeks before the #LAFE signs existed, I had been playing around with the universal library symbol (yes, I know how to party in my free time). I stumbled across them today, and realized that I should set them free and into the world for anyone to use. Like with everything else on this blog,…
If you’re a librarian or a Punk Rock Book Jockey prepping for the upcoming CSLP theme of Build a Better World, and you don’t want to use the artwork provided (or want to beef up what’s provided), then do I have some art for you! Also, don’t feel limited by this summer’s theme with these…
After over a year of excitement awaiting what the “new art process” for the CSLP would yield, I was disappointed (to say the very least). That’s all I’ll say about that. So back to the literal drawing board I went! I must give a HUGE shout-out to both Angie and Bryce for brainstorming ideas to…
