Melbel is well known on HubPages for her great personality and sound advice. As her audience is usually caught up in the interesting information her Hubs have to offer, many don’t realize that Melbel has also created some awesome graphics for her Hubs. We invited Melbel to give some additional tips and advice for those…
Read MoreYou Don’t Have to Be an Artist to Create Great Graphics
Many Hubbers have shied away from creating custom images for their work because they are not comfortable with their artistic skills. Even if you might not be happy with your doodles, sketches, and paintings, you can still create fabulous original graphics for your Hubs that add polish, demonstrate meaning, and improve readers’ aesthetic experiences. Consider…
Read MoreMark Ewbie & The Surprising Effectiveness of Stick Figures
If I were to ask a random Hubber to name another Hubber who is known for original illustrations, chances are Mark Ewbie‘s name would pop up. This prolific Hubber is famous for his signature stick figure style (and entertaining humor), hence it is only a matter of course that we would ask for his advice…
Read MoreShare Your Custom Illustrations With HubPages!
This month, as we share tips and advice on working custom made graphics into your Hubs, we encourage you to share cool sketches, drawings, graphs, graphics, and other illustrations you have included in your work to provide our community with some inspiration. Here’s how to join in: On Facebook: Visit our Facebook page and select…
Read MoreTopic Pages, HubNuggets, About Us, and Forum Styling Get a Makeover
After redesigning the Hub and Profile pages, the hard working team at HubPages Headquarters has turned their focus to Topics and special programs, hence today we are excited to roll out new designs for Topic Pages and HubNuggets Program, as well as an updated About page and some improved Forum styling. Topic Pages Topic pages…
Read MoreIllustration Tips from Shadesbreath
Shadesbreath is one of HubPages’ long-time artists; he has been incorporating original sketches into his Hubs for years. As he has quite a lot of experience with creating custom graphics for his work- as well as making the tough decision of when they should be used and when it is better to use other images-…
Read MoreHubbing with Pets
Although we wound down our Hubbing space series earlier this week, we couldn’t help but post this latest photo sent in by Nettlemere. It reveals so much of what we love about Hubbers and their approaches to the Hubbing process! Explains Nettlemere: It is the product of an untidy mind, poor housekeeping skills, and an…
Read MoreUsing Illustrations to Augment Your Hubs
We put a huge emphasis on using original (or at least super high quality and legally used and properly attributed) photos in your Hubs, and with good reason. We live in an age where some of the most successful online content is very visual. Attractive images encourage people to pin their sources on Pinterest or…
Read MoreThe World is Your Hubbing Space
I used to think that most people wrote Hubs in formal home offices, sitting in normal chairs in front of normal tables and surrounded by normal notes and books. I was wrong. If the Hubbing space series has taught me anything, it is that Hubbing takes place in all kinds of interesting places- from boats…
Read MoreA Hubber on TV: Julie DeNeen’s Anderson LIVE Experience
Yesterday was an exciting day a HubPages Headquarters- the office was abuzz with talk about Julie DeNeen, an Apprentice who was the featured blogger on Monday’s Anderson LIVE. The live talk show features a new blogger in each episode who tweets and blogs the episode’s events, and with her great Hubs, a carefully cared for…
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