Thursday, March 1, 2012

My friends are artists, but I have a Lulu account.

"Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!"
--Frank Iero

When I heard we were going to create books my first thought was, "Awesome! Wait, I know how to read books, not create them." Then I thought, "Oh, this Lulu thing seems pretty easy. How am I going to get thirty-two pages of content?!" With that I decided to make a collection of art from my artist friends. They are far more talented than I will ever be and I think everyone should know their gifts.

Remember when I said Lulu was going to be easy? Well, I was wrong. I'm not saying it was insanely difficult, but Lulu was a worthy adversary. I learned quite a bit about formatting pictures, making a manuscript, copyrights, and the importance of saving frequently. Seriously, save your work.

To begin, I reached out to my artsy friends.

Then I got to making the manuscript/layout of my book.

Lulu was being a pain in the rear, but I prevailed!

Then this happened!

Ladies and gentlemen, here it is! If you like art, buy a copy. If you don't like art, then you should buy a copy and pretend you like art to impress your hipster friends.

[The Artist is a Collector]

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