traylorillo

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 [...]

It might seem odd to have a taxidermist next door but for me, an artist, it’s a great source of animal reference. My neighbor, the taxidermist, is also nice enough to allow me to come over and draw from his menagerie and that’s where I found myself a few days ago. My two kids and [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.