It's been too long. Sorry I'm recycling old art here, but you do what you gotta do. I think I posted this last year: a simple illustration of youthful role play. Of course, when I was a child, it was a bedsheet for a cape. But the Charmin mummy works too!
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Kinder und Jugendbücher from the 18th century
A collection of German kids books from the 18th and 19th Century. Plenty of medium-to-high-res scans to keep you busy for a while.
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Here is a list of things to consider when you start to revise your manuscript.
Remember what Anita Nolan says, “The end is just the beginning.” It is so true.
Force yourself to cut, tighten and throw away even things you love if it doesn’t move the story forward.
Give your yourself the time to let your manuscript mature. Using this list can go a long way towards helping you send out a polished submission.
1. Telling instead of showing.
Show a character’s feelings by creating pictures. Think how a movie would portray someone’s mood.
2. Keep it Fresh
Write as though it’s happening now, not as though you’re telling the past.
Are you using trite phrases, cliches, or deliberately unusual words? You’d better have a very good reason for doing so.
3. Weak characters.
The villain in your story must be a worthy opponent of the hero.
4. Check the point of view…
Write from the view point of the most involved character, not an onlooker.
5. Mood and sentence length.
Keep sentences short to portray tension, longer for relaxation.
6. Do any sentences begin with the words “There” or “It”?
They can almost certainly benefit from revision.
Instead of: There were three gunmen who had sworn to kill him. It was hard to believe.
Write: Three gunmen had sworn to kill him. He couldn’t believe it.
7. Passive voice.
Instead of: ‘He is being watched by the children’
Write: ‘the children watch him’.
8. Complex past..
Where possible, keep past tense simple.
Instead of: ‘he had gone’
Write: ‘he went’.
9. Author intrusion.
Are you as narrator intruding on the story through witticisms, editorializing, or self-consciously, inappropriately “fine” writing?
Instead of: ‘He wondered if she would leave, and considered apologizing’
Write: ‘Would she leave? Perhaps he should apologize.’
Publishers want to read a story, not read the author telling a story. Keep out of it.
10. Check sequence.
Instead of: ‘She fell to the floor when David hit her’
Write: ‘David hit her. She fell to the floor.’
11. Avoid naming in dialogue
To avoid speech tags some writers fall into using names in dialogue, which isn’t natural.
Instead of: ‘Don’t hit me, David’
‘Mary, you’re asking for it.’
Write: ‘Don’t hit me.’ Mary shrank away from him.
‘You’re asking for it.’ His fists clenched.
These are action tags.
12. Look for unnecessary words and terms.
Instead of: ‘Suddenly she noticed his presence. His figure stood out in the crowd.’
Write: ‘Suddenly she noticed him. He stood out in the crowd.’
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I was going to finish cleaning my kitchen floor… but then I thought, why not add a blog update? ha!
Today I went for a walk. There is nothing like walking in leaves! I love fall mornings.
As usual, even on my walks I am working. All I could see were color palettes! I picked up leaf after leaf to add to my fall collection.
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Guess who slipped a disc in her back? Yes, me. How? I have no clue! Maybe to many Karate Kid Crane Kicks with my boys (yes, I seriously was doing them)
Well, it's been hurting for awhile now but the past three weeks have been killer. I've been taking it easy and catching up on my pile of unread books.
So it's time for a give a way...double fist pump!!
A Good Book Can Change A Person's Life
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Have you ever read a book that completely changed your life? If so let me know... leave a comment for a chance to win this cool beans print. It's mounted on a block so need for a frame!
I will post the winner on Wednesday at 4:00 pm CST
Total fact randomness... J.J. Audubon's The Birds of America, published in 1840, is the most valuable book in the world. It sold for $8,802,500 in March 2000—the highest price ever paid for a book.
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Oh hey, we’re testing out Project Wonderful for ads. Bidding is currently dirt cheap ($0 as of this writing) so get in on the ground floor.
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these are two half A4 sized sketches from this afternoon class. they were very quick one, just little studies of light and shadows of the posing model
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these are some colour studies in gouache, using different palettes on the same composition
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this is a 70x100 cm life sketch, only line work and no values
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these two are lights and shadows studies. one of them if using a model, the geometrical bodies one is made up.
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first I made the portrait with red gouache and sugar on to the metal, then covered it with hard base then washed the gouache, then the acid. Though I had to retouch some parts where the hard base had washed off
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Well, I finally joined the millions (or is it billions?) of other people in the world and joined Facebook. I think I might be one of the last people on earth to join. Why did it take so long? I thought it would be a time waster and I didn't want anything to distract me from doing what I really want to do and that's to create art and illustrations. But I finally came to the conclusion that I want to be relevant and being on Facebook is relevant. I also want to promote my art, and being on Facebook can help me do that. I also want to connect with friends and family and make new friends and connections.
So, come be my friend, write on my wall or comment on my status. You can even poke me! I'll see you there, on Facebook, along with everyone else in the world.
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Just a peek, since I have way too many photos and video clips to go through tonight, but here's my best photo from today's amazing Crystal Palace Children's Book Festival. This is Garen Ewing (creator of The Rainbow Orchid) reading the festival's own Monster Book. Doesn't Garen look great with antlers?
I think the highlight of the festival for me this year was the event by writer Guy Bass at a marvelous indie bookshop called Bookseller Crow. He recently went on tour with illustrator David Roberts, which made me WELL envious!) Guy's an amazing performer and had me in stitches. I'll save most of it for later, but here's a reading he did to close the event, a poem called The Tale of Rodney Head-falls-off.
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This is the latest piece I have been working on and off on, for the last few weeks. I am working on a series for promotional mailers. I have been slack and haven't sent any out since last Christmas :o! I would love to know what you think. Andrew has already given me a few pointers on this one and if you'd like to see the before image or the process images they are on my blog, I hated to post too many images here. Anyway, I was planning to do a 10 second sound module for these, with a segment from "Entrance of the Gladiators" but I am having problems with the sound modules. So that is looking like an expensive mistake. It's kind of an iffy plan anyway. The thought was to get someones attention since they usually get soooooooo many mailers. But it is a little gimmicky, so maybe it's for the best that they aren't working properly. The last one I did was a Christmas card and handmade envelope that had a related illustration on the inside of the envelope.
So, I'm thinking that the card will open up from the center like the lower image, but this is just a rough idea, I haven't completely decided about the rest of it yet. The posters will be more poster like but the two on the left are images I plan to use. for the posters, the one on the right is going to be a strong man that I am working on.
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I'm hoping this either inspires you to watch some amazing Hammer horror films this Halloween or to listen to more Kate Bush.Either are great.
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I hope you have a great Halloween, whether its fun at a party, dressing up to scare trick or treaters or getting lots of candy! And if you don’t celebrate Halloween, I wish you a wonderful Fall season! The leaves here are starting to turn and there is a chill in the air. I just love Fall, don’t you?
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I haven’t posted any new projects in so long since they aren’t published yet, but here is one that was just released. It is a train growth chart commissioned by Land of Nod & Oopsy Daisy Fine Art for Kids. It is available for purchase here on Land of Nod’s website with or without personalization. I usually work 95% conventional and just tweak the art a bit on photoshop, but this piece was mostly digital. I scanned textures and drawings and pieces of collage and stitched it all together in photoshop. I can say I prefer working conventionally and getting my hands sticky and paint on my nose, but this was fun. Plus, it was the perfect solution to a tight deadline while getting Tulsi’s help. She’s one super assistant and a natural with collage and crayon! Enjoy!
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T-shirts now available for this one and three others!
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a squiggle of gigi (our new dog) on the go
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Some collaborations between a first grader and me. I love the colors she picked and her coloring and scribbles have such freedom! I especially like the Despicable Me character and the girl in the pink dress.
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hope you like my new work for zombies attack:))
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Excellent post. As always.
Wendy,
Thanks for the note. I have been revising for the last month or more and I think I have that on the brain. It’s amazing how you can think you are completely finished and then you pick it up and find more.
Kathy
You know, I’m also one of those who, every time I pick up a manuscript (or almost anything I’ve written), I find something else to change in some way. It drives me crazy ’cause I wonder if I’ll ever be completely comfortable saying “Done!” But still—-I LOVE revision
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P.S. I’m SO looking forward to the 13th, too
Good info. Thanks!