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I recently finished the artwork for my book Brunhilda's Backwards Day. The book will be published in fall 2016 by Sky Pony Press.
Although I can't share a lot of images from the book yet, I wanted to share a little sneak peak of Brunhilda's dress. In the story, Brunhilda wakes up one day to find things quite different than she is used to, and all she can find to wear if an annoyingly fluffy pink ballgown! Well, I just coudn't skip on the opportunity to make this dress look as ridiculously ruffly as possible.
But then, guess what?! I had to paint the darn thing no less than 20 times in the book! And I had to adjust it all according to the lighting and mood in each picture. Yes, it was a pain. But in the end, it was all worth it. Long live the ridiculous fluffy pink ballgown! I can't wait to share the book with all of you next year!
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Rowena the Porcupine
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Greeting blog friends! Do you remember the game, Wizards of the Wild which I helped illustrate that was funded on Kickstarter back in March and April? Well, since the Kickstarter campaign reached so many stretch goals, I was able to make two new characters for the game. This time two female wizards.
Introducing: Willow the Squirrel and Rowena the Porcupine! These characters were so fun to do, and I learned a lot while doing them.
I'm happy to announce that the game, Wizards of the Wild, for which I was one of the illustrators is now funding on Kickstarter! Click here to go to the Kickstarter page!
I had the great opportunity to participate in this fun project! I illustrated the cover, the character cards and some of the magic cards. I especially loved creating the characters! I am posting the full illustrations of the characters below. Enjoy! And please come help back the game and pass the word along! I would love to see this game be published!
Here are a few character sketches from a new personal book project I am working on! This represents only a very small portion of the pages and pages of character sketches that I have drawn, and I am sure there will be many many more to come.
Something I am really trying to think about is varying the shapes and sizes and proportions in each character. I am also trying to give them unique silhouettes. This is something I didn't think about much before I started learning from artists in the animation industry. These are principles I think every children's illustrator should think about when designing characters for books.
Another great tip I learned from my friend, and concept artist at Disney Infinity in Salt Lake,
Nasan Hardcastle is to start out really small and loose. Draw your character first in very small and simple shapes- almost like drawing a letter. Work loosely. Get the main general shapes first and then work up to a bigger size and work in the details.
Sometimes for certain illustration jobs, you are asked to compose your illustration in a certain space. In this case, this was a job I did for Triumph Learning. They gave me a very odd shape to work with. I had to be creative in how I fit things into the space. It was kind of fun because the odd shape made me think outside the box as far as my trees and bushes went, and I was able to come up with some fun shapes. If you've never had to do this before, try it sometime! Draw an odd shape, and then illustrate a Nursery Rhyme or another simple story you know and make yourself come up with a great composition within that shape. You may be surprised with the results!
Looks like you did a fantastic job! I really like the crazy trees and bushes.
Thanks, Alison!
Great tip. Love the shapes and colors. :-)
You've made a beautiful choice of palette and I like how your style shows through even though the subject matter is simple.