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 phase, [...]
I just finished this illustration for the cover of a bi-annual newsletter for the SCBWI Mid-Atlantic. It’s the second of these I’ve done. The last illustration I did for them was for the summer edition. I really enjoyed working this image. I was inspired by the border collie sheep dog. We had a border more [...]
the masqueraders from the “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe pretending they can escape their demise .
This is an older piece but I felt like it fit with the theme.
masqueraders
Originally uploaded by traylorillo
Here’s a jewel from my bitty Moleskine. TT
Originally uploaded by traylorillo
This was a summer themed cover illo for the Mid-Atlantic SCBWI summer edition newsletter. The final piece has a masthead and text superimposed over the center part of the composition (thus the space in the composition). I will post the image with text from the final newsletter as soon as it is published.