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By: Jerry Beck,
on 10/19/2011
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Here’s another clever stop motion music video for Jesse & Joy, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada (Chocolate). Charles Pieper was the lead animator on the piece, made with 3500 individual photographic paper cut outs, animated in one month. Go behind the scenes here.
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By: Bowie Style,
on 10/19/2011
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im still showcasing the fab new autumn winter designs at paperchase, and today its the turn of a collection called 'owl & pussycat'. it's a cute range that features a kawaii version of this popular design theme which is based on the classic childrens poem. products include cute items such as lip balm, key caps, and a pussycat moneybox. see more items online here.
By: Bowie Style,
on 10/18/2011
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designer jenean morrison has a new shop at society 6, where she has created prints, framed prints, iphone and laptop skins and iphone cases. jenean creates some amazingly detailed patterns and intricate motifs so its well worth a look online here.
By: Bowie Style,
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another great designer jessica swift has also put her patterns to good use on smart phones through her collaboration with case mate. there are 16 total (in 4 collections of prints) and can be found here.
By: Bowie Style,
on 10/18/2011
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stephanie prior is the designer behind 'steph loves to draw'. in her work steph loves to use varied materials from fine liners, felts, textured papers/cards, ballpoints, watercolours and even sewing. steph has a BA degree in graphic design but her true love is for surface and patterns, and she is available for any work.
By: Stacy Curtis,
on 10/18/2011
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This entry is in honor of all the overtly aquatically themed at Steamcon (being that the theme was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea):
(Cthulhu-face! :-)
And speaking of great children’s books, everything you have read or heard about Jon Klassen’s I Want My Hat Back is true.
The book is funny, gorgeous, and perfect — an instant classic if ever there was one. Beautiful minimalist art and smart, funny writing.
When I was a kid, one of my favourite books was Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go — page after page of every imaginable cartoon automobile.
Today, one of my favourite children’s illustrators is Brian Biggs, and his new book Everything Goes On Land is a spiritual successor to Scarry’s book.
Mr. Biggs is so deft at drawing cars — each one with its own personality — that it’s his work I visit when I have trouble drawing cars myself. Modern cars are particularly tricky to get just right, with their weird, slick shapes. In Everything Goes, Biggs’s chunky colourful cars and trucks have a distinct old-fashionedness to them, which only adds to the charm.
And just like Richard Scarry’s book had the fun game of trying to find the hidden Goldbug on each page, so too does this book — on each page there’s a bird wearing a hat, and throughout the book the numbers 1 to 100 are hidden somewhere in the illustrations, adding a Where’s Waldo element.
So great! And there’s an Everything Goes in the Air, and an Everything Goes By Sea in the works.
Be sure, too, to visit Brian’s blog — especially under the Everything Goes category, for all sorts of process stuff and preliminary sketches. It’s where I found this trailer, too:
By: Kathy Temean,
on 10/18/2011
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It’s so exciting when you finish writing your first draft, but so many writers think they have finished, when really you need to think of the rewriting process as the beginning. Please don’t send you first draft out to an editor or agent. You only have one chance to make an impression. Make it a good one.
Did you know that some authors actually throw away their first draft and then sit down to rewrite it from scratch? I am not that brave, but they could be right, since most of what you have written in your first draft needs to be rewritten.
Here are some tips. Obviously there are other things you can do when you revise, but if you do the 10 things below, you will be well on your way.
1. Read through the full manuscript.
2. Take your time and consider each scene.
3. Does the scene hold your interest? Do you feel emotionally connected to the characters and the scene? Is the scene needed to advance the story? Or is it in there just because it is a fun idea that isn’t needed?
4. Make a list and give each an value number. Example: 1 – 10. Ten meaning the scene is the best it can be.
5. Then work on every scene that has a 5 or less.
6. Ask yourself the following questions:
A. Does this scene have a single point of view?
B. Does it have a clear character objective?
C. Does it present some conflict to the objective?
D. Does the character have to struggle emotionally?
E. Have you provided an outcome that forces the reader to turn the page?
7. First read each sentence and look for places to tighten the text. Is everything needed? Picture writer know to look for any word that isn’t needed. That is what you should do also. Just because it is okay to write more words, doesn’t mean you need to use all of them. You may be able to tighten. This will give you the chance to add more interesting things into your scene.
8. Look for places where you could move sentences around and doing so will make the scene stronger.
9. Look for any spots where you can add the following:
A. Weather: What is happening weather wise? Would adding some detail about the weather add anything to the scene?
B. Character details: Would adding any details about each character in the scene make it richer? Can you add a gesture, or an action that will show a deeper layer to the character or characters?
C. Environmental: Example: surroundings. Could adding some small detail about the surrounding help your scene?
D. Sounds: Example: What can be heard in the scene? traffic, birds, insects, water, clocks, footsteps crossing a wooden floor.
E. Touch: Example: Your character touches the railing walking up the steps. What material is the railing made out of? Is it metal? Is it cold? Is it wet? Is it made of wood? Is it smooth? Is it rough? Is it carved? The touch of raindrops. Can any of those details foreshadow another scene?
F. Taste: This doesn’t just have to pertain to food. Tears have taste. Sweat has taste. Saltwater has taste. Fear has taste. Some smells have taste. The mucus in the mouth as taste.
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By: christine grove,
on 10/18/2011
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By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka,
on 10/18/2011
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Tomie's newest Strega Nona book is now on bookshelves. |
In the summer of 2006, I started dating a girl who captured my heart. (SPOILER ALERT: She’s now my wife.) In the first few weeks of our dating life, Gina and I didn’t talk about work. We didn’t allow our vocations to define who we were to one another. But when Gina made me dinner one night and I told her that I was a children’s book author and illustrator, she sprang up and ran to her room. She emerged with her childhood copy of
Strega Nona. The book was her childhood favorite and she had brought her dog-eared copy with her on every single move since leaving home for college. “Have you met this guy?” she asked. “No,” I responded. “I’ve never met Tomie dePaola.”
Just a few months later, I found myself in Los Angeles at the SCBWI annual conference as a faculty member alongside Tomie himself. What were the odds? What an honor to teach alongside a man whose work and career I admired so deeply. And more importantly—with someone who held such a special place in my girlfriend’s heart.
Strega Nona represented Gina’s childhood. Over the course of the conference, Tomie and I became fast friends. He's an easy person to laugh uproariously with—a trait I find paramount. One day, Gina was having an incredibly difficult day at work, so I asked Tomie to leave her a voicemail. He obliged and Gina held on to that voicemail for years. At the end of the conference, there was an autographing party. I bought Tomie’s art book,
Tomie dePaola: His Art & His Stories. It’s a hefty volume. At that point, I knew that this girl back home was the one. And when I asked Tomie to sign it, I asked him to sign it to “Gina and Jarrett”. I know, a big commitment. Even my friends looked at me sideways. I did just start dating this girl.
But by December of that year, I proposed marriage and Gina and I bought a house in Northampton. The first piece of art that I bought for our home was a piece by Tomie—a scene from a Strega Nona book. I presented Gina with the artwork on Valentine’s Day.
Since then, Tomie has become such a dear, dear friend to our family. He has welcomed us into his home and we have welcomed him into ours. We’ve enjoyed many dinners out with he and his assistant, Bob, where we continue to laugh uproariously. And of course, we were there to cheer him on at the Carle Museum of Picture Book Art when they mounted a massive showing of his work.
A few months back, Tomie presented us with the newest Strega Nona book,
Strega Nona’s Gift. It’s a Christmas book and Gina loves Christmas. I me
She emerges...
There's something emerging in my work lately, something very raw and real to me. When I place together
"Midnight Warrior" and this piece, I see sister souls, or female figures demonstrating the same heart.
And there's something else too. How I'm beginning to portray them. What I add, the attention to portrait, bolder colors. I am taken back to my past when I used to draw tattooed mermaids and fairies painted in dark colors.
Yet this time it's different. This time they are strong, confident, and filled with a breath that when exhaled speaks
"Warrior."
These small yet powerful paintings are reflecting the amazing Spirit within me, to share the empowerment the King wishes to bestow upon His daughters, the empowerment and strength we hold as princesses and heirs to His Kingdom.
These images are portraying the Warrior Princess. Aye, we are.
Want to help me title her? Visit
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Natalie, my dear friend and sister in Christ. Luv ya!
The majority of my work is character design, humorous illustation and cartooning. But every so often I come up with something that doesn't really fall into that category. Feel The Burn is one of my classic rock t-shirt designs in my CafePress Store http://www.cafepress.com/martytoons . I'm a big fan of classic rock. Not the classic rock you hear on the radio. I didn't think it was possible to be sick of such great songs as Stairway To Heaven and Freebird, but corporate FM radio did it. Thank you Mr. Suit and Tie. The music I consider classic rock is hardly ever heard on the radio, bands like Ten Years After, Humble Pie, The Animals, Long John Baldry... the list is huge and endless, and the bands played on classic rock radio stations can't hold a candle to these band, but that's another story.
In addition to being a "classic rock" fan, I also have extensive experience working as a graphic artist in the screen print industry. When it comes to rock and roll apparel, certain graphic elements just scream rock; flames, skulls, hard core images and of course, guitars. In this design, I've incorporated all of those. Let me know what you think.
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By: John,
on 10/18/2011
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By: Cathy Morrison,
on 10/18/2011
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Those distant drums are driving my dog wild.
Scraperboard 10.5cm x 10.5cm. Click to enlarge.
It is hard to tell from this photo, but this majestic heron was perfectly still on the edge of a bridge....
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... this is what he/she was looking at:
By: Jerry Beck,
on 10/18/2011
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By: Craig Deeley,
on 10/18/2011
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Appleseeds - scattered
Head on over to the Gallery section of the PaperTigers website to see some of the gorgeous illustrations from Michael Foreman’s A Child’s Garden: A Story of Hope, selected for the 2011 Spirit of PaperTigers Book Set, as well as from a few others of his many books.
One of the questions I asked Michael in our recent interview was about the relationship between color and monochrome, which is so important in conveying the theme of hope in A Child’s Garden. Here’s his reply:
The use of colour was an important element. The boy’s world of rubble is without colour until the tiny green plant appears. As the plant is nurtured, colour gradually comes into the ground. Colour spreads as the plant grows and recedes as the plant is pulled down. Fortunately, roots are deep and seeds spread – and so does the colour.
I also asked about the colour blue, in particular the vibrant shade that appears in so many of his illustrations. Having grown up myself with Michael’s books, then shared them so often with my children, if I close my eyes, it is always that blue that comes into my mind when I think of his work (and you can find it in a stunning image from One World (Andersen Press, new edition 2011) featured in the Gallery). I’m so glad I asked:
That blue is the blue of shallow seas over white sand – the blue that lifts your heart. The blue of our family’s happiest times.
Isn’t that beautiful?
You will find many of the features exploring the new Spirit of PaperTigers Book Set gathered together on our homepage; and do also take a look at our Outreach section, which focuses on the Spirit of PaperTigers project.
Today's doodle was brought to you by my husband. In a vain attempt to hold on to his Sci-Fi dominance over our child, He told her a mash-up Austen/Star Wars bed time story last night.
As he turned out the light and said "Sweet Dreams".... the 11 year old turned over on her pillow and said, "That was the stupidest thing I have ever heard."
Happy Tuesday all. Here is another piece I did for my portfolio. I really enjoy illustrating puzzles, crafts and games, I'm discovering.
By: Kim Siebold,
on 10/18/2011
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Just posting some of the latest things I have been working on!
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i love this range! super cute. I already bought the notecard set. :D xx
These are sooooo cute! Wish there are some in Singapore.