The Obi Sash, Acrylic monotype, 9 x 12 inches. © 2013 by Lisa Firke. All rights reserved.
Surf Acrylic Monotype, 9 x 12 inches. © 2013 by Lisa Firke. All rights reserved.
Loch Ness Acrylic monotype, 9 x 12 inches. © 2014 by Lisa Firke. All rights reserved.
Castle Loch Acrylic monotype, 9 x 12 inches. © 2013 Lisa Firke. All rights reserved.
Embattled Castle Acrylic monotype, 9 x 12 inches. © 2013 by Lisa Firke. All rights reserved.
Spirit Feather I, Acrylic Monotype, 8 x 9 inches, © 2014 by Lisa Firke.
Spirit Feather II, Acrylic Monotype, 9 x 12 inches, © 2014 by Lisa Firke.
Snowscape Acrylic monotype, 9 x 12 inches. © 2014 by Lisa Firke. All rights reserved.
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Erik Kuntz, Amy Rose Capetta and Nick Alter made this video of the Austin Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators 2012 Regional Conference, Something for Everybody. I get a kick out of how the thumbnail on YouTube shows me in the crowd, getting a hug from illustrator Marsha Riti. So of course I had to include it here. Erik, [...]
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An esteemed panel of judges (possessing much expertise and very good taste) pored over portfolios yesterday to choose winners for the SCBWI Portfolio Showase! Laurent Linn, Steven Malk, Richard Jesse Watson, Nancy Conescu and Jamie Weiss Chilton chose a grand prize winner and three honor winners as well as several illustrators to participate in SCBWI's illustrator mentorship program.
Note that mentorship recipient Julianna Brion won an SCBWI student scholarship (one of three winners), awarded this year for the first time. And she's the recipient of both a portfolio honor and mentorship. Also note that honor winner Joen Deininger was a mentorship winner last year. (The wonderful SCBWI Illustrator Committee programs yield results!)
Here are the recipients...
Grand Prize Winner: ELIZA WHEELER |
Portfolio Honor: GREG PIZZOLI |
Portfolio Honor & Mentorship Recipient: JULIANNA BRION |
Portfolio Honor: JOHN DEININGER |
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 4/12/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: agencies, sketchbooks, portfolios, proposals, doppo the fox, publishing, pencil, Add a tag
Above is Doppo the Arctic fox, one of my favorite characters to draw. I probably sketched it in under a minute.
Just got home from the city. I live right on the outskirts and need to travel downtown to get art supplies. I took the GoTrain which is part of Toronto's mass transit system. It goes from here (Etobicoke) to downtown Toronto in about 15 minutes. On the way it winds through all these industrial backlots and crumbling Victorian brick factories. I love that trip. After the train drops me off it keeps going west to Aldershot, which is known for it's military base. I am always tempted to stay on the train and keep going. I almost get overwhelmed with curiosity every time. I've never been that far west and I wonder what's out there. I went in town to buy pencils. I bought a huge pile of 3Bs which is currently my hardness of choice. Just soft enough to give a rich dark line but not so soft that it disappears in one drawing session, eaten up by the electric pencil sharpener. I also bought jogging pants. This has been one unhealthy winter. Also, today draws to a close what has become n annual search for an agent. I've had problems with this. It's funny but I have an easier time getting published than I do getting an agent. Whenever I've had a really good idea it never seems to take long to find a home for it. Agencies are different. I don't know why but I have some guesses. I think your relationship with a publisher is short term. You do a book and that's it, no real obligation after that. With agencies it's different, the relationship is meant to be a reciprocal one that ought to last for a long time, years. Another thing is marketing. An agent is as concerned with how well they can market you, maybe more so than how talented you are. And how well an agency can market you can depend on how well you fit into the overall style of artists they already represent. If you're too different than their other artists it can be hard to market you and if you're too close to their current artists it might create redundancy in their agency or even competitiveness. In any case, this round of agent hunting is over. Now it's phase two. Which is a funny way of saying I'm putting together proposals to send to publishers. So far this has been the most effective thing I've done. I think my ideas are good and publishers like the idea of one person doing both the story and the art for picture books and comic books. I think the industry seems to be moving that way. Anyway, that's enough rambling for today.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 4/11/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: photoshop, pencil, digital art, mice, portfolios, Add a tag
Another portfolio piece. I really like this character and am thinking of doing a couple more of her.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 4/8/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: portfolios, pencil, agencies, Add a tag
Here's a sketch for another small portfolio piece I'm working on. This week has been all about catching up. Looking for new projects and ways to get new projects, including getting a new agent. Even with pretty good contacts I feel like I'm spreading myself really thin looking for contracts as well as working in new art. Also, I really want to get more of the current work I'm doing out there.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 4/7/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: photoshop, process, pencil, digital art, pumpkins, portfolios, cintiq, Add a tag
Post Halloween exhaustion! Candy crash! A new portfolio piece! Again, this one's pencil and digital. My confidence with this process is really growing. I've said it before but I have to say it again, this process really helps me do the exact kind of pictures I want. I've always wanted to be able to produce work that shows my drawing prominently but is richly coloured. I couldn't fully pull this off using ink and watercolour or pencil and watercolour because the paint would inevitably hide much of my linework. This has been driving me crazy for years. So, this is closer to what I've had in my head.
What I do is; take these very finished pencil drawings and scan them in. I rework them extensively on the Cintiq using Photoshop (CS4). Reworking the black and white drawing. Mainly I lighten it up with white lines. Part of my preferred technique has always been to go too dark in the initial drawing and then recover the highlights. In the past I've white ink, gouache or acrylic to achieve this. It's much easier using the Cintiq and very easy to correct. I also play with curves quite a bit to get the exposure just right. I than duplicate the background drawing in another layer and set the blending option to multiply (I think... ) All the colour work is sandwiched between the two layers. This method keeps the colour beneath the linework, so that nothing gets lost beneath the colouring. It's like having two layers of clear paper and the line drawing is sitting on top of the colours, if that makes sense. (I use a lot more than two layers but you get the idea) Each layer of colour is set to a different opacity, I'm going for a slightly washed out look, not overly intense but with moments of richness. This process is just an extension of my traditional work so the learning curve has been pretty gentle. And if you're wondering this is a bit of an homage to Maurice Sendak.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 4/5/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: photoshop, pencil, portfolios, cintiq, Add a tag
Two new pieces I did for my portfolio. I'm trying to get a few simple pieces with children before I move on to more elaborate ones connected to some book proposals I'm working on.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 4/4/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: portfolios, Add a tag
Finally! my new site is up at www.ericorchard.ca and it's one I can edit, so no more anxiety over outdated portfolios online. I used Squarespace, a website creator/host for people who are clueless, like me. I couldn't have done it without lots of help. Michael Startzman gave up some of his time to help me out an get the site the started. He basically did everything. Thanks so much! And Ben Towle led me through the labyrinth that is online portfolios. Thanks Ben!
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 3/29/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: photoshop, monsters, pencil, digital art, portfolios, cintiq, Add a tag
Another new portfolio piece, also done with pencil and digital-a technique I'm warming to more and more. I'm trying to get a done a number of smaller, graphically simpler pieces done for my portfolio, something I don't have enough of. I think these simple images are pretty popular with art directors and readers. And I love doing them, the restraint is worth it.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 3/25/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: process, pencil, portfolios, cintiq, Add a tag
So, a bit on this piece and how I did it. It's not an especially original process but it's a pretty individual one. Combining pencil and digital lets you have a real individual touch and have a really polished piece. Above is the original pencil drawing which I scanned in. I was pretty happy with it but had some issues with it. And below here is the piece after I had played with it digitally. (To see the final colour version click here) I can be a bit of a perfectionist so I find I had to make sure I didn't go overboard. I didn't do a lot to the original but the combination of Cintiq and Photoshop is pretty powerful and a little goes a long way. It's surprisingly how quickly you can work this way.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 3/24/2011
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: photoshop, monsters, sketchbook, marker, portfolios, cintiq, Add a tag
Thanks so much for all the kind comments on yesterdays new portfolio piece. Here's a new one I'm working on, or rather a sketch for one. I plan to add about 5 or 6 new pieces before relaunching my website. I'm really loving the possibilities I'm finding combing paper, pencil and digital. I have to say, it's giving me the tools to do things I've always wanted to but couldn't.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 11/17/2010
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: cats, sketches, pencil, portfolios, frankenstein, Add a tag Here's a portfolio piece I was working on but put on the back-burner. I love the idea, an escaping Frankenstein's monster escaping his master with a cadre of cats but the composition wasn't really working for me. I'm trying it out in a landscape orientation but that isn't working either....I'm putting it aside for a while and I'll revisit it later.
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Blog: DRAWN! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: software, business, self promotion, portfolios, Add a tag WPSHOWER - Free wordpress themes: Some nice free WordPress themes for artist portfolios. (via @n8w)
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I’ve seen video trailers as ads for books and comics before, but here’s something that’s new to me, and I think fairly original. Illustrator David M. Buisán has created a promo reel of sorts for his illustration portfolio, similar to an animator’s promo reel, but with static images set to music. It definitely makes the task of sifting through an artist’s body of work, and trying to decide which piece to share with you guys, far easier. I think it’s a brilliant idea, and I’m surprised I haven’t seen more of this sort of thing. I’m certainly going to create one for my work. Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog |
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Blog: Illustration Friday Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: web design, artists, portfolios, Add a tag
I love the web presentation of this portfolio site:
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 11/28/2008
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: pencil, portfolios, Add a tag
Over the last few weeks I've been devoting most of my time to Harry and Silvio and sketchbook sketching. If you follow my blog you may recall me posting about wanting to expand my work into the fantasy field a few months ago. I've changed my mind. Well, sort of. I keep trying to produce serious, fantasy paintings but can't seem to complete anything worth looking at. And I'm looking at the work of Shaun Tan, Dave McKean and Brad Holland and thinking "I'd rather be doing that." So my plan today is to just follow where things go and if the fantasy crowd likes it then cool but if not that's OK too. I keep surprising myself. My work will angle down a weird, unexpected road and I'll be in this really great place I didn't plan for but am glad to have found.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 9/13/2008
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: pen and ink, watercolour, scholastic, portfolios, robot museum, world of fogg, Add a tag
Here's my newest portfolio piece. Well an unfinished portion of it anyway. I really wanted to get a science fiction and fantasy portfolio finished at this point but a number of other projects and leads have kept me really busy. Hopefully when Robot Museum is done for Scholastic I can get back to this.
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 8/6/2008
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: gouache, portfolios, Green Skies, science fiction, pen and ink, Add a tag
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By: Eric Orchard,
on 8/1/2008
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: children's books, pencil, portfolios, robot museum, Add a tag
I'm just finishing up a new painting for my updated portfolio and I thought I'd post the process, starting with sketches. I think it's one of my favorite paintings ever, it has a kid, a pink robot and a planet with green clouds. I'm reading some amazing books right now and I thought I'd share some fantastic titles with you:
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By: Gail Maki Wilson,
on 4/29/2008
Blog: Through the Studio Door (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: portfolios, Add a tag
Link Back the Love is the brainchild of wife, mother, and creative entrepreneur Holli Conger. Check out this link to see all of the cool stuff she dreams up. Today she has a post on her blog, a girl who creates, titled "A Day in the Life" check it out later today and see what she's up to next. (Here's the link) She sure is one creative girl! Is there a blog you like to visit everyday? Head over to Link Back the Love, grab the link back logo, and link away!
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By: Chad W. Beckerman,
on 10/24/2007
Blog: Mishaps and Adventures (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: portfolios, portfolios, Add a tag
At a recent event I was asked two questions:
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Father’s Day is the perfect time for dads to spend some quality time with their kids. For dads with very young children, here are two books to enjoy together today or any other day:
What could possibly be better than spending a day together? This sweet book from writer Remy Charlip received a star review from School Library Journal.
If your dad is willing to save you from pirates, gorilla pirates, robot gorilla pirates and even robot gorilla pirates from Mars, you know he’ll do anything for you. And if that makes your dad hungry and thirsty or if he gets cuts and bruises, you know just how to take care of him right back. An adventurous tale of the heroic lengths fathers and sons will go for each other that will elicit gasps, giggles and warm contented sighs. A Perfect Day Books For Pre daddy Michael Rex Picture Books Remy Charlip you can do anythingA Perfect Day Books For Pre daddy Michael Rex Picture Books Remy Charlip you can do anythingA Perfect Day, Books For Pre, daddy, Michael Rex, Picture Books, Remy Charlip, you can do anything
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Congratulations, everyone!
And a special shout-out to Andrea!
Yaaaay!
So Exciting!!! ❀◕‿◕❀
Thank you so much, SCBWI! I should also add that I was in the mentorship program last year, along with John Deininger, and couldn't have gotten this far without it. My many thanks to the mentors, my fellow mentees, and the judges of this year's showcase!!