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Browse freelance marketplaces, such as UpWork or PeoplePerHour, to find potential graphic designers taking on book work. Create a list of favorites based on their relevant experience, listed availability, and the scope of your project. Determine if you want help formatting and adding design elements to your book's interior or just creating the cover. Most marketplaces ask freelancers to list an hourly rate. Take this number into account as you budget for your design project. If you have questions that come up about your project while you browse profiles, write those down to discuss with the designers later. Write your shortlist of potential candidates a personal message confirming their availability and describing the scope of assistance you are seeking. Based on this information, ask each designer to send you a portfolio of relevant past work that you can consider in making a hiring decision. You might say, "I'm hiring a designer to create a cover for my self-published romantic novel aimed at older women. Do you have any past cover work you might be able to show me in this vein? It will help me decide if we are a good fit." Some designers may self-select out of the hiring process if they feel they aren't a good fit for your project or are too busy. If someone you really like isn't available, you can always ask, "Do you have a trusted fellow designer who might be interested in a project like this?" Ask each of the designers if they might participate in a short test to demonstrate their design skills for compensation. You can get a feel for their work and communication style firsthand. Ask the designers to do a test other than a mock up of your cover. The goal is not to get your project out of the test for a lesser fee but to determine the skill level of the various candidates. Give the designers a set of creative and formatting guidelines to follow for the test. For example, you could ask them to design a bookmark of specific dimensions that reflects the mood of your book. Allow them some room for creativity! Narrow your field down to 2 or 3 potential designers. Coordinate to interview each either over the phone or on a video call. This is a great opportunity to ask questions about their portfolio, further describe your project to gauge their interest, and discuss the budget. Important questions to ask include: "How do you incorporate client feedback into your designs?" and "How do you see our collaboration working over the design process?" Ask how long a project of this scope will take them and how many rounds of feedback are included in their design fee, if there is a limit. Take note of your rapport with each designer. You're apt to have a better working relationship with someone you get along with and can communicate with easily. Hire the designer you feel the best about based on their skills, experience, availability, and price. Include any relevant observations from your trips to the bookstore. Email your designer a copy of your manuscript to read, as well. This background information will help them execute a design that resonates with the tone of your book and the design aesthetic that appeals to you. If you're concerned about providing a copy of your unpublished book to the designer, ask them to sign a nondisclosure agreement. If it's within the scope of the design project, ask your designer to double-check the formatting of your book's interior to make sure it is print-ready.

summary: View graphic designer profiles on freelance marketplaces. Ask for copies of past work or a portfolio. Pay the finalists to perform a small, skills-based design test. Interview multiple designers to make your final selection. Discuss your design objectives and project goals with your designer.

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Anna's face shape is a tall circle that comes to a gentle point at the bottom. Divide her face into quarters with general guidelines. Add a slender neck and narrow, rounded shoulders. If you need help getting the overall shape of Anna's head, draw a small circle at the bottom of her head. This will be her chin. You can erase intersecting lines to get a final form. Your circle should extend just below Anna's head. This will create the gentle point of the chin. Sketch loosely with your wrist and shoulder. You're just trying to draw a base outline. You can erase any extra lines later. Anna has wide eyes that slant upwards on the bottom. Draw the outline of her eyes like a sideways capital "D". Make her irises large and round. Note how the top of the irises are cut off by her eyelids. Use your horizontal guideline as a reference point. Her eyes shouldn't extend below this line. You may choose to draw individual eyelashes, or just make the lines thicker near the outer top edges. Her eyebrows are full, blocky, and expressive. If you're drawing on paper, add a small circle in each eye to create a shine. Anna has a tiny nose that is little more than a squashed U-shape. She has thin Caucasian lips. Feel free to make her grin somewhat asymmetrical. It adds to her quirky appearance. Draw the nose closer to her mouth than to her eyes. To draw the mouth, start with a curved line which moves up at the ends. Then add lines on the top and bottom to fill out the lips. Erase your guidelines. Note how it is parted on the side. All hair flows from a single spot at the top of her head. Her braids may take time to draw, but are made up of S-shaped lines which intersect one another. Note how each section of hair tucks into the following one. You can draw her braids overlapping one another and then erase areas to create the braided look. Braids also have a zig-zag line going down the center. If it's easier, draw the middle part of the braid first and then fill out the curves around your zig-zag. Start at the bottom of a zig-zag line and draw a line upward, continuing the line from the zig-zag. Her hair starts above your initial circle for her head. Follow the curve you drew for her head when drawing the hair. Follow your starting point and move out, adding a few lines for her bangs.

summary: Start with Anna's general form. Draw Anna's eyes and eyebrows. Move on to her nose and mouth. Draw Anna's hair.

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Orchids need lots of water to thrive, but the coarse growing medium means that the water will drain quickly. Insert a pencil, wooden skewer, or your finger into the growing medium to check the growing medium's moisture. If the pencil, wooden skewer, or your finger comes out dry, it's time to water. If the pencil or skewer looks dark or your finger feels moist, then you do not need to water yet. You may also be able to determine when to water your orchids by the feel of the pot. Pick the pot up right after watering to feel its weight, then pick it up when the growing medium is dry. Do this several times to learn what a dry and moist orchid feels like, so you can use weight to determine when to water. Pour the water from a watering can onto the orchid for 15 seconds. Then, let the pot drain for 15 minutes, such as in the sink or outside. Do not let the plant sit in a pool of water. Avoid using distilled or salt-softened water. Just use plain tap water to water your orchids. Orchids require lots of water when they are growing and in bloom. You will most likely need to water your orchids daily if they are in wooden, slatted baskets or twice weekly if they are in pots. When the plant is dormant, such as during the winter months, you may only need to water your orchid once per week. Check the growing medium every couple of days to ensure that it is moist and determine when to water. You can apply a 20-20-20 fertilizer to the orchids once per week or you can dilute 1 part fertilizer with 4 parts water and use this solution to water your orchids. Make sure to choose a fertilizer that is meant for orchids for best results. You will only need to fertilize your orchids once per month during the winter months.
summary: Check the moisture level of your orchid's growing medium. Water the orchid first thing in the morning with lukewarm water. Water your plants daily or twice weekly. Fertilize your orchids weekly or along with waterings.