Merry Christmas
finished illustration
Jasper is finally finished!
After three months of hard work on the children’s book “Jasper Finds a New Home” the illustrations are finally finished! Now comes the hair-raising part where I ship all the originals to the publisher and pray nothing happens to them along the way! I thought you might like to see a few more from the finished product to be printed this July by Folded Leaf Publishing.
Jasper Moving Along
My illustrations for the book are moving along slowly but surely. I thought you might like to see a few of the finished products!
Boys Will Be Boys
As I continue to work on fairy tale and fable ideas, in the mean time I decided to do an illustration that hits a little closer to home. I received many comments and smiles from my previously posted bathroom sketch so I decided to push the drawing further and see what would become of my little boy. As I continued to sketch, the bathroom took on a life of its own. A few great comments from my critique group added to the general chaos of the scene, and before I knew it the little guy had a personality and world that fit his little smirk perfectly!
Befriending a Panda
I realized after I finished my Sleeping Pandas drawing that I skipped a piece of the story! A little girl can’t just go sleep with giant pandas (that would just be silly), she has to meet them and become their friend first. Then they would let her cuddle up on their fuzzy belly and sleep. After all, you only have sleepovers with your best friends…
Tigers to Pandas
I had so much fun painting tigers lately I decided to continue the storyline and follow my little girl as she meets other animals and tries to find a good place to cuddle up and sleep… But that bed was too hard, and this bed is too soft! Leaving the bamboo forest she climbs to the hilltops and curls up with some giant fuzzy pandas…
The Sleeping Tiger
I had so much fun painting my original tiger that I decided to keep working in that direction. Taking the story one step further, the little girl befriended the tiger and followed her home for the night….
Tiger in the Studio
Not long ago I had the opportunity to visit Korea. The green that grows there in the spring is like no other green I have ever seen. The art that I saw there was so beautiful: sweeping strokes by brushes loaded with ink, so vibrant and fresh. I was inspired to bring those textures, lines and colors with me when we left. I wanted to bring some of the bright colors and strong lines to my own artwork. And when I picked up my sketch book, tigers sprang to life. I’m not sure where the tiger idea came from. Maybe it was their brilliant orange coats that drew me in, or the silent graceful way they move. Either way, the idea stuck, and suddenly my studio was a virtual tiger habitat.
Pullin’ in the Catch
The finished product for my beautiful red snappers. After working so hard on the little scared fishy faces I don’t think I’ll be eating fish for a little while.
