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1. Updates & Modifications

We've been making some minor changes to our website over the last few weeks - some of which may go unnoticed - such as changing the Conference Schedule to a more comprehensive and - we think - more useful Calendar.

We've changed the content on the What's New page to include the full text of the latest Kane/Miller book mentioned - Sally & Dave is featured this week - and we will continue to update this page with the latest reviews.

We have added photos to a few of the biography pages of our authors and illustrators, including Anette Bley and Bine Brändle.



You'll also see that many authors and illustrators have allowed us to include their birth dates on the Calendar, giving us more reasons to celebrate - and promote their work!

As always, feedback, comments and suggestions are welcome. If you find a feature on our website that could use a little tweaking, we'd like to know about it. We want our site to be as helpful and user-friendly as possible so please let me know what might not be working for you.

Speaking of updates, you'll see that there's a new Kane/Miller widget on our blog which lists the most recent posts. We're always looking for more creative ways to reach our readers and we hope you enjoy the modifications.

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2. Cannes & Poster Art

News from Michael Sporn

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3. Bil Baird and Co.


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4. Sketches & Scans

Here are some little bits scanned from my sketchbook, most I tweaked in Photoshop. They aren't very new, but I wanted to post something.... anything really. I feel stale so I'm attempting to motivate myself by using this blog to post ideas and sketches and finished work as much as possible. I don't know what (if anything) will come of these, but there you have it.

This is my Thumbelina as directly inspired by an illustration by David Johnson.



















This was a character sketch of Oliver Twist. I'm currently working on an actual painted version of this. It's not an illustration so much as it is practice on my stylization. I'll post that painting as soon as it's done. Maybe tonight even.












Just a girl in a field with some dark figures surrounding her....don't really know where this was headed.














Here we have a little piggy ala Wilbur, but that's just a coincidence. I like piglets is all. I started a painted version of this but hated it so I will probably retry it someday.



















Some character studies I did for Pinocchio...
















This is a sketch for a spot illustration for Pinocchio.



















Um, I guess this would be a knight and white horse near a pretty tree with a castle in the distance...I find this really boring, actually...
It needs some spice. Plus I think the colors are too cheery for the mood I originally wanted to give it.















I wanted to do this piece to continue exploring the theme of humanized animals and parental bonds, but I thought it wasn't really presenting much more than a cute-ified Corbis photo, so I put it on hold.













I guess this is my try at a cool old sea captain, but the picture isn't very narrative and he kind of looks like my dad, so I've not pursued this any further yet.

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5. Finishing Touches













Ok, so I think I'm finally settled on this piece. Although I'd finished the painting of it a couple weeks ago, I was still unsatisfied with it. So I took it into Photoshop and tweaked it a bit to my liking. The original painting wasn't as luminous as it is now. I really wanted to add to the glow of the window, cool down the orange of the back wall, and darken the right side in general. So I did.
I think it was for the better.

So here goes:

What I like About It:
I'm happy with my stylization of Pinocchio and Geppetto, and I like the color. I like the warm color scheme and my minimal use of green for extra flavor. I also like the moment that I chose to depict... a quiet, intimate moment between father and son, you could say. I'm also kind of happy that Geppetto turned out to somewhat resemble of my own dad (a carpenter). It made it more personal for me I guess, seeing as how my father had three daughters but no son.

What I'd Do Differently:
Every piece is a learning experience, and with this piece I learned more about working with the acrylic on cold pressed illustration board. But I might like this piece more had I done it on gessoed board, with the swirly underpainting that I sometimes use. I just feel it needs some sort of underlying visual interest to really pull it together. I also wish that Geppetto felt less stiff, and more organic and natural. His arms are kind of posed and solid, and I think that if he were more loose than it would really make Pinocchio feel that much more wooden. Also, in my original sketch, Geppetto's expression bordered more on concentration and melancholy, and the final painting he's sort of smiley. I think I would like the tone more if he was a bit less happy and a bit more...something saddish.

Perhaps I'll do another from the story...

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