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Miss Mouse Takes Her Tea

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:42:11 +0000

Here’s a tiny little spot illo I originally created for a tea party invitation. Just a little frothy, frilly fun. She’s been converted and colored in Adobe Illustrator and is now a scalable vector. August 29, 2010 -- Folk TalesDecember 2, 2009 -- Illustration ProcessJuly 25, 2010 -- The menagerie next door…December 6, 2009 -- [...]

Folk Tales

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:47:21 +0000

I recently finished an illustration for an African folk tale called the Lion and the Hare. Hare, in African lore, is a trickster and in this particular story, he manages to convince the large, but easily outsmarted, Lion not to eat him. I’m sharing my process, again in this illustration, starting with the initial concept [...]

a mini milestone

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:04:53 +0000

It may not seem like a lot so some, but I finished off one of the three sketchbooks I’ve had in progress since about 2005. It is a major milestone to me. This unassuming little, black book was started in 2005, finished in 2010. I have three sketchbooks at the moment, that I keep in [...]

Creativity does not happen in a vaccuum…

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:46:39 +0000

This is a reprint, with permission, of my article from the Spring Issue of THE HIGHLIGHTER, SCBWI Mid-Atlantic’s quarterly newsletter. It was written for an audience of children’s book authors and illustrators in the VA/DC area, but you can really apply the concepts here to any creative practice. Who doesn’t need to stimulate their creative [...]

Illustration Process: A small spot illustration

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:38:13 +0000

I just finished this little spot kidlit illustration so I thought I’d share the process involved in going from sketch to final spot illo. First Sketch… I usually work in pencil. Specifically, cheap mechanical pencils that come in a giant pack…like these. I like having a sharp point all the time and it’s no big [...]

Sketchy…

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:24:19 +0000

I thought I would share the initial sketch that sparked the notion of the winter illustration. It lay dormant in my sketchbook for a long time but I was able to use it for something bigger. Draw something every day, kiddies, you never know when you’ll use it. No Related Post

New Illustration (sketch to final)

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:14:07 +0000

I have a relative carte blanche for these covers, but I try to fit the zeitgeist of the season in a children's illustration style theme. This winter, we've been watching the 2010 Winter Olympics play out in Canada with it's inspiring stories and feats of athletic strength and grace.

Illustration Process (pt 2)

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:58:18 +0000

As you might remember, I promised you a peek at the final illustration I was working on for the SCBWI. Well, here it is. If it weren’t well past my bedtime, I might be compelled to write some more about it. That will have to wait until later. This is what the artwork looks in [...]

Illustration Process

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:06:10 +0000

I wanted to share a bit of an inside peek at my illustration process for a recent piece I did for the SCBWI Mid-Atlantic Newsletter Cover. The image is a fall theme. I chose this vignette of a little mouse couple relaxing on a cold autumn afternoon by their fireplace. This is the very first [...]

Illustration Friday: Modify

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:33:22 +0000

Hey, IF folks! It’s been a long, long time since I posted an entry for Illustration Friday. It’s a bit of a stretch, but hey, that’s creativity. “Kelly knew she had to modify her jumps to get max air in her cheer routine.” This piece is digitally colored. Yay! No Related Post