Ideas & Examples

All around our Blurb office, we’ve been buzzing about Monica Garwood, a Bay Area painter, illustrator, and artist whose gorgeous book of watercolor women stopped us dead in our ...

What does it take to make great work? How do you get your work in front of an audience? Does success come from luck or creativity? We asked Guillaume ...

One of the things I most appreciate about certain artists is their love for their field, even after doing more than any one person should be allowed to do. ...

Meg Smiley made one of our favorite children’s books, Animals Under the Bed, working with Kickstarter and our Large Order Services team. She has gone on to start a small ...

Ever since getting hooked on photography as a young boy, Josef Litt has been looking for a way to make a living from his passion. His first self-published book, Galápagos, ...

March 1-4 was the Society for Photographic Education's 55th annual conference, hosted by The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. This year’s event was titled ‘Uncertain Times: Borders, Refuge, ...

Ciera is a New Orleans-based designer with her own studio. She specializes in design for branding, logo, and print. After getting a peek at her gorgeous portfolio, we caught ...

As the old saying goes, “you should never judge a book by its cover”. But every once in awhile you can make an exception! Similar to how we judge ...

Blurb Creative Evangelist Dan Milnor checked in with Samantha Johnston, the executive director of the Colorado Arts Center. CPAC has created a new photography education program that benefits U.S. ...

This blog post is brought to you by Terry White and Adobe. Capturing beautiful imagery and creating wonderful designs is only half of the story. If you’re an amazing photographer, ...

One summer, I filled a backpack with clothes, a camera, and a water bottle, grabbed my passport, and set off on a journey that would take me from the ...

Caitlynn Fairbarns is the leader of the online community FakeGeekGirlsLikeUs. In Caitlyn’s Words, “Fake Geek Girls Like Us aims to create a community space in which people who are ...

Monica Garwood is an illustrator, designer, letterer, painter etc. born and raised in the Bay Area. She graduated from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration ...

I’ve been wanting to make a new photo portfolio for a while since I’ve been shooting a ton of new work. The one I was previously using had plastic ...

We previously interviewed our Graphic Design intern and local design student Grace Domecus, who made a portfolio book we really loved. Her project was so great that we asked her ...

In March 2017, Blurb and PicsArt hosted a contest that encouraged contestants to enter by posting a photo sharing their Creative Spring Project. Thousands entered, but only three winners ...

We interviewed San Francisco design student Grace Horner, who made a portfolio book we really loved. Her project conveyed her personality, skills, and style so well, we asked her ...

Iconic. Inspiring. Timeless. Magical. Entertaining. Funny. Heart-breaking. Approachable. I know I’m not alone in adoring Star Wars, especially today—May the Fourth. What a vast and rich world filled with incredible ...

Tristan Hewat founded Shoot The Frame in 2012, giving photographers everywhere a chance to present their work on an international stage. He recently launched a new project, where he ...

When we saw Dina’s book Lettering Adventures: Victorian we were so excited! We also wondered how such an information-packed, useful guide came to be. Dina is inspiring because she found ...

Flavia wrote Fun with Food Photography, a little handbook for styling and shooting beautiful food. We’re inspired by how she combines different artistic disciplines into one beautiful project after ...

Have you met our most affordable format, Trade Books? They’re available in three sizes and four print options: Color and black and white, both with standard and economy print types. ...