If you’ve been following me on social media, you would have noticed that I’ve been uploading videos on Tuesdays as part of a #TeaserTuesday hashtag to promote my books.

These 30-second videos include a snippet from my latest release and are animated with the magick that features in my YA Urban Fantasy series, Blackbirch.

Creating these images is both fun and easy, and since quite a few people have asked how I made them, I decided to do a blog post about it!

What You’ll Need

• Canva
• Pixaloop

I use the free versions of Canva and Pixaloop, and the example in this post was made using these apps on my phone—in only a few minutes.

The Steps

One

1. Open Canva.
2. Go to “Create a design.” I use the Instagram option because that’s the best size to post across all of my social media accounts.
3. Select “Blank.”