I wanted to create mementos of the books that added something to my life.
TL;DR I make tiny books because they're cute and I want to cover my fridge in them, and I'm putting them in this store because I think some of you guys might love and find them adorable, too.
I don't consider myself to be especially artistic. I can't draw or paint for anything, and my photography skills are nothing special, so it's taken a while to feel like I could really make anything called "art."
My inspiration comes directly from the books I read. I'm a collector of physical copies, and I currently own over 200 books because I love to have an actual thing in my hands to read and because cover art is beautiful and because what if I want to reread something? Compound that with my love of tiny, adorable things and that's where my idea for miniature books came from.
Now I've seen some other things like this, but it always seemed like someone printed out the actual cover of the book and wrapped it around some pages, but that just seems wrong to me; I have the actual books for that style. This is why I developed a sort of minimalist style. To shrink covers down to such a size, it's impossible to keep every detail, so I don't even try. My approach is based on general shapes, shading, and font (can especially be seen in the Shades of Magic designs). There are plenty of aspects of my little books that I want to improve, and I'm constantly searching around for better materials and techniques. Even so, I'm so happy with where I'm at in this process for now, and I hope that you who have found this shop are happy with it also.