IF Seal: Can you share artistic resources for blogging?
hello seal! I’ve just recently started to write my own IF and I’ve been thinking about banners and such for the tumblr I’ll eventually make so I was wondering if you had any recommendations of platforms to do so? The first thing that came to mind for me is canva but if there are other resources people have found easier or better to use I’d love to hear about it!
absolutely no rush as this totally might be subjective! thank you for this lovely blog too, it’s a great resource of questions to think about in terms of my own IF! :)
Dear Artistic Friend,
My thanks for your question and for your absolutely lovely comments! I am not a very artistic seal myself so will gladly open the floor to other friends' suggestions.
I do have some thoughts below, however!
I have had positive experiences with Canva: it is intuitive to me and you do not need to spend money on it to make decent-looking banners or headers.
Pixabay is a good source for free images also, as is Unsplash and Pexels. You can purchase a free trial on paid sites such as shutterstock as well.
What I would advise though, is not to let this take too much time away from your writing! Something simple will go a long way and is absolutely fine: you do not need to create something fabulously elaborate because if you are making a text-based game, the writing and the descriptions of what the game is all about is what will catch people's eye.
Best of luck, artistic friend!