This is part 5 of Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. My homework for today was to begin putting together thumbnails for my interiors. My thumbnails are coming along nicely. Since this book is 24 pages it will take a little bit of time for me to get through them all. In the meantime I’ve [...]
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Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. Part 2
Good news readers… my sketches were approved! If you follow along with my blog you’ll remember in yesterday’s post I showed you the beginning stages of how I create the characters in the children’s books I work on. This is part two of Creating Characters ( In today’s episode I will be playing the parts [...]
Creating Characters for a Children’s Book
I illustrate quite a few books each year but I hardly ever get to show you guys the development process that goes into it. Most things are under contract and I can’t show them until they’ve been published (sometime that can take up to a year). Like most artist and illustrators I have about a [...]
Art Demo at Jerrys Saturady 1-4PM March 27th
I will be at Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh on Saturday March 27th from 1:00pm until 4:00pm. Please stop by and say hello if you are in the area. I’ll be working with acrylic paints on a large canvass. I haven’t quite figured out what I’ll be painting just yet but I know it’ll be big [...]
It’s Promo Time Again
It’s that promo time of year again and I’ve been working on this year’s submissions. Most of them are in production now and will soon be on their way to the printer. Here’s a piece that didn’t quite make the cut. You might remember it from an earlier post. I had hoped to use it [...]
New Trading Cards
If you’ve just finished listening to episode 212 of Creative Independence (part 2 of Learning Linked In ) and are looking for trading cards I’ve got good news and bad news. If I know you… you probably want the bad news first. Am I right? Okay well here’s the bad news… All the cards I [...]
