The camp itself is the connective tissue for Superkind, with nearly everyone having attended camp for five summers (14-18)… since it open its gates in 1908.

The (work-in-progress) brochure is my attempt to bring the world to life visually via graphic design - just like the newspaper

Camp Super©️is a story about a summer camp where Superkind send their children…

I wanted to create a world where not everyone with a superpower desires to be a “cape” and those born with superpowers answer to their own laws and government.

To stack the logo I had to add an extra letter P to the word “Camp” to get the balance right. The E in “Super” was modified so the crossbar (middle bar) extends backwards, giving the font a custom stylized treatment.

Next I created a full palette 🎨 to bring to life the “washed-out” retro-futurism look that I want for the world of Camp Super… a place where superpowers and advanced technology exists alongside analog gadgets… something you’d see in a Wes Anderson film.

I did the Camp Super©️logo design using Adobe Illustrator… the primary colors, Cardinal and Gold, were inspired by my USC Trojans fandom, but I wanted colors that felt closer to pastel, so I lowered the tint on both to 88% and 95%, respectively.

3️⃣ Outline Part II - I took my board and transferred each card to a cell in google sheets. But I didn’t copy the cards as is, I reassessed the entire book 1, again going chapter by chapter to ensure plot and character and pacing made sense. Essential a revision. Not perfect, but enough to move on.

2️⃣ Outline - I’m 40 and I’ve been attempting to write books since the 6th grade. Never finished one. I decided I needed a plan to stay on track. I’m shooting for 5 books here, so I knew, on some level I needed to know how book 5 ends. So I outlined the entire series on a kid’s science project board.

My Process for planning a series and outlining/writing my YA novel “Camp Super No. 1” 👇🏾

1️⃣ Story Bible - I spent 6 months creating a Bible in Scrivner. Everything from character bios and setting, to vocabulary, foods, technology, customs and traditions...The document is DYNAMIC and grows as I write.

The WIP Beacon Tribune logo is a combination of two gothic fonts.
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I created the The Beacon Tribune paper because you can’t create a world that mirrors our own without an established media or press… it started as a piece of world building but became something I decided to bring to life.

Founded in 1814, The bank’s headquarters and legendary vaults were located beneath the Pacific Ocean, and served as the financial epicenter of Superkind until they adopted Reg currency (the $Dollar$) in 1911. Destroying the underwater economy.
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The Williamsburgh Savings Bank in Brooklyn, New York was the inspiration for the bank depicted in the prologue, The Bank of Aegir’s Brooklyn Branch. (Aegir being the personification of the Sea in Norse mythology - cause I like Vikings 🤷🏾‍♂️).
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The unsung heroes of creativity: index cards! Went through several hundred though out world building, brainstorming & outlining the Camp Super novels often going to several office supply stores because I needed the exact colors to match the ones already on my board. 😅 #superheroes #sciencefiction

Very early attempt at a Camp Super map 🗺️… back then I was calling it Super Camp, but switched the words once I was able to secure the domain campsuper[dot]com - that it was even available was a nice coup for Lyonsarts’ long-term plans.
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