This journal entry originally posted on my Razzle Dazzle Design Blog.

I've been featured in an article/interview at Cover Cafe!

Behind The Scenes
With Amanda Kelsey - Graphic Artist

Cover Cafe is pleased to feature a new graphic artist and also one of our newest committee members, Amanda Kelsey. Amanda has an interesting bio and a definite flair for graphic design. She has created some beautiful and distinctive covers for ebooks and we are fortunate to have her expertise involved with the Cover Cafe annual contest. The only down side for Amanda is that she cannot vote on ballots featuring her cover creations. Welcome to Cover Cafe Amanda!

Q: What is your educational background and how did you become an illustrator for both print and ebooks? Which format is your favorite?

I have a bachelors degree in, believe it or not, theater arts. And actually I never studied graphic design or even had the idea to go into the field until much later. I have always been a creative person. Painting has been a hobby of mine since I was very young and I studied many forms of art throughout high school and college but always for the fun of it, never for a career choice, until about two years ago. I became involved in a small online writers group and through that I was educated about the electronic publishing industry. I began seeing ebook covers that inspired me and soon I met other artists. Not long after I tried designing a few test covers and found a new challenge. I love being a cover artist and I’m always reading books and tutorials to become better.

I didn’t start off applying for print work but sort of fell into it through chance. I really can’t say one or the other is my favorite. I do like the challenge of creating a print cover only because I haven’t had the opportunity to do many of them so far. But all my ebook designs are made to print specs so there is not much difference, to me, in the design process.

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