Tag: Graphic Designer

Shaunie J Designs – New Business Beginnings!

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On Tuesday, 18 August, I officially launched my T-Shirt design storefront on Teespring and on Redbubble on 23 August. The designs go on more than just T-Shirts (sweaters, cups, etc.), but it’s just easier to call it that. The application I put in to sell merchandise on Amazon is pending, but I’m hoping to share good news soon.

All the designs can be viewed here:
https://teespring.com/stores/shaunie-js-designs

shaunshirts.redbubble.com

Starting this business endeavor is very Enneagram 7 of me – looking for new adventures in every corner. I work full-time, there are my children’s books, and I have my blog. I dabble in the children’s books on and off mainly because I grow tired of doing similar illustrations over and over again. Writing the stories is way easier for me to do, as I have a few written down on paper already. It’s mainly doing the graphics that I struggle with. It’s coming along though – I only have about 20 more pages to do for my next one. I haven’t been the most consistent in my blog either. I mainly write post about travel adventures and made up super hero stories that are in my head, but I struggle with just sitting down and typing them up because I want to start doing other things. I do use it though – I’m blogging on it now, after all.

So, what makes this endeavor different? I think it’s the consistency. I’m always doodling and sketching random ideas that come to mind. I even design them on the computer just for the fun of it. When making shirts, for the most part designing one shirt is its own project, and I love to move onto new projects. That’s what will make this a little different for me because it’s something I do consistently already. If people buy it, great, if not then I’ll keep on designing and putting up new shirts. I know it doesn’t sound like something difficult to explain, but I struggle putting things into words, so I hope I expressed this clearly.

Just to be clear, I haven’t given up on my children’s books or my blog – I’m posting this to my blog now and I’ve been slowly making progress on my illustrations. I’m no permanent quitter!

Pen to Paper, Tips to Keys…Just Start Writing

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Ever since I wrote my first book and only book (as of right now), I’ve wanted to start a blog. I have so many ideas swirling around in my head, and even though I jot some of them down onto paper, I rarely share them with anyone (Well, of course I share them with the hubz Gian).

I thought my ideas were too sporadic and that really held me back from writing a blog. Another interesting fact is that I really contemplated on whether or not I should use my pen name. Es Kay Johns published a children’s book, and this blog isn’t necessarily aimed for children. But in the end I’ve decided that my blog will be a place for me to express myself and bring my ideas to fruition. At most, anything I post here will be PG-13, but if I do decide to make something NC-17, I’ll be sure to make it known.

As I’ve mentioned before, I have had many ideas about what to blog about. It’s hard to keep the list short, but here are the general items:

  • Children’s book themes:
    • More anti-bullying books
    • Self esteem
    • Asking for help
    • Everyone is different
  • Poetry
  • Comic strips
  • Short stories
    • Random ones
    • Super power universe
  • Travel
  • General things in my life

What I will focus on (in no particular order):

#Poetry – I like writing poetry even though I don’t write it often. If I like a piece that I would like to share, I will definitely post it.

#Comics – As much as I’d love to make them, they probably won’t pop up too often because they take up a lot of my time doing them. Key words there are “too often.” Maybe this will give me the drive I need.

#Shorties or Short Stories – These posts will appear quite frequently on my blog. I really want to take the people in my life and events that happen and turn them into a super powered story. I’ll go into this in a future post.

#Travel – We are frequent travelers, so you will definitely see posts about where we’ve been and our experience there.

What I’ll pass on:

Children’s Books – I’m still working on children’s books; therefore, this isn’t the forum for it.  I will still blog about the themes as they are quite important to me.

#General – I used to blog about my life almost every single day. It was tiring, yet satisfying. You’ll receive glimpses into my life through the topics above, but I won’t treat this as a daily journal.

With all of that being said, I’m probably going start off posting weekly. The more I get into the groove of free writing and editing, designing, formatting, and making time to actually get this on here, I’ll increase the load.

I really hope you guys enjoy this collection of spontaneous thoughts.

Here goes nothing.

-Es Kay Johns