The Project It’s not every day that someone comes to me and tells me about their book and I feel the need to move mountains to convince a person that I’m the one for the job because I want to work on the project and help bring it into the world as much (if not more than) the author. But this was one of those projects. If Carlos had said, “Hey Sheenah, part the sea and the job is yours,” … Read More
Oneness
The Project Zeinab was such a pleasure to work with. She has such a great, upbeat personality. She knew that she needed help and a lot of it. I sat down and had a chat with her about her book. The concept of it being part memoir, part poetry book intrigued me. I hadn’t had a lot of poetry book experience and let her know that, but after discussing my past experience with designs and book design, she felt confident … Read More
Cloudwalkers
The Project The author sent me his latest book to put together. This one was unique in that I got to edit the typography a bit on the front cover. I knew the author was a sci-fi writer, but I had never read his work. After having read the book description, I thought that the original bold font he had on his cover felt too masculine and militaristic in a genre that’s known to be hyper-masculine. His book sounded appealing … Read More
Brand Real
The Project When the author approached me with this project, I was initially a bit intimidated after seeing his extensive knowledge in design. The guy has worked in corporate settings and has worked on national branding projects. Originally, I was supposed to do something minor because he had laid out the book himself. But after taking a look through his initial layout design, I realized that it needed to be modernized. I approached him about updating his layout design and … Read More