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 4
This is part four in the series Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. In case you missed the other three here’s a quick review. Characters are all approved. Color is complete on two and the third one is underway. Based on the story line I thought it would be cool to add a donut to [...]
Creating Characters for a Children’s Book Part 3
This is part three of Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. If you’ve missed parts one and two here’s a quick recap. I’ve been working on the characters for a new children’s book. One of the characters is done, another is in the color stage and one still needs a little bit of work. Last [...]
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 [...]
Interview with Illustrator Bob Ostrom And Author Mary Jane McKittrick
I’ve been working on a series of kids books with super talented author/creator Mary Jane McKittrick. There are 3 books in the series so far with several more in the works. One of the characters in the books, Zuhma Talmadge, is the editor of the local paper in Shady Pines. This is a fun little [...]
