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During the Holidays a big lump of snow was melting, it slowly started to look like a hunched over, beak nosed figure. It was easy to imagine it with stick arms and little wings, flying clumsily through a snowy night.
I'm hard at work on a new painting. I'm trying to build up a better portfolio. I don't think I was critical enough of my last one, I could do to be more objective. I'm also working on a couple of proposals. One is the Twelve Brothers story I mentioned before. I had intended it as a picture book with the text integrated in but somehow it suits fairy tales to have a separate text.
A friend very generously gave me his old printer. It's not too old and it's a good size but of course, I can't get it to work.
Thank you so much Viviane, Stephanie, Anais, Alicia and Jennifer for the advice.
This is my drawing of the Princess from the Grimm's Fairy Tale The Twelve Brothers. I'm working on a book proposal for a picture book based on the story. It has such great imagery in it and I love the story. I've been looking at the books of Rebecca Dautremer and have been loving her well designed spreads, where everything flows. I've been letting myself be influenced by her books. I've never put together a proposal before and it's an interesting process. I just read Magic Pencil : Children's books today. It's a selection of contemporary British illustrators selected by Quentin Blake. Here is a quote by John Birmingham on drawing I really like : " Drawing is like playing piano, it's not a mechanical skill like bricklaying and you have to practice constantly to keep fluent. "
Everyone should check out Gretel's blog ( All Around Us, on my blog roll) to see her explain part of her process. I think she makes it look like magic.
I hope you all enjoyed Harry And Silvio. I finished it up over Christmas and enjoyed doing it a lot. I've scripted the next one and plan to put one out whenever I have the time. At some point I'd like to compile them into a mini comic and sell it on Etsy. I actually started doing mini comics and it's a medium I love revisiting. Now that I have some free time on my hands I've started working on some new stuff : A couple of book proposals, a new send out and some personal work. I've been hard at work on the Twelve Brothers proposal. I have the main character designed and I've sorted out the story board. If anyone has any advice on book proposals I'd love to hear it.
I just read Illustrating Children's Book by Martin Salisbury published by Barrons. It's actually really good. With some great sketches by the fantastic Alexis Deacon. Here are a couple quotes from the book I really liked. The first is on drawing from life and the second is on style, a couple of topics that are pertinent to my blog: " The stronger the drawing (from life ) , the stronger the foundation for experimentation. "
and " Style is a word other people use to describe your work."
The sketches above are from my sketch book. The lamps are down the street from me, every year my neighbor fills up his window with vintage lamps and takes it down at epiphany. My wife took the picture.
P.S. I've added a web comics link list above my archives and I'll be keeping any new comics there.
Eric- I've just come across your blog... beautiful work!
I really like your pencil drawing style Eric. Good quote on drawing. I have not read The Twelve Brothers, I'll have to look for it.
Thanks Jennifer! I visited your blog too and it's wonderful. Your work is full of life and I have a thing for art that has lots of interesting details.
Thanks Frank. It's a good story. Not too gorey. It's something I've wanted to do for some time.
Eric, i think this is my first time visiting your blog and i think your works are wonderful! Agree with frank on your pencil sketches. And thanks for sharing with us such a great quote!
It sounds like a fun project (and I hope you still have your Nova Scotian trolls on the queue there somewhere!).
You might also enjoy looking at Helen Ward's books, the ones published in the last few years especially are breath-takingly designed. I adore her "Unwitting Wisdon".
p.s. (We apparently can't really get Rebecca Dautremer's work here in the states. Is she Canadian? French? Her work looks beautiful from the covers I can view, but not buy).
Hi Tara! The trolls are still coming, it's a longer book, maybe the size of the Fairy Chronicles and I thought I'd like to some picture books first.
Thanks for sending me to see Ms. Ward's work, it's really strange and inspiring.
Rebecca Dautremer lives in Paris. I'm having a hard time getting her stuff too. There is one book I got from Amazon.ca and my cousin, who lives just out side Paris sent me an other. I also have a lovely set of cards produced. I hope things are going well for you and you're not getting too distracted by the primaries!
Hi Constance! Thank you so much for your kind remarks! I love your work, the blend of Eastern influence and Western is amazing! I found your work through someone's comments... I wish I could remember whose, so I could tell you.
Hah, nice coincidence, I was just reading through Grimm's collection too this morning, looking for that story... I was always very impressed with the terrible ordeal of silence, and the grand finale.
Is this the girl going off to find her brothers? She sure looks questing...
Sure your book will be amazing.... Lovely character...! and R. Dautremer is one of my fauvorites, I didn´t realized how lucky I am having France so near; arrives a loads of books of her..!
cheers Eric..!
Heartily agree with that quote Eric, and that is a lovely little sketch there. Thanks for the mention BTW!
I drank beer with Helen Ward round a camp fire at a publishers party a couple of years ago...(not name dropping at all!). She is quite shy, but very gentle and lovely, and one of the best draughtswomen in the UK at the moment.
Viviane-She is off to find her brothers! You should do a 12 Brothers book too! I've always been curious to see what 2 people make of the same story. And it would make me work harder.
Thanks Eva! Europe gets a lot a of great books it's very hard to find here. I once spent 100 canadian dollars to buy a very slim book with illustrations by the illustrator John Bauer, and it was in Swedish, which I can't read.
Thanks Gretel! That's so weird that someone in Washington suggests an artist to me and someone in England casually says they had drinks. I'm trying a traditional watercolour right now, I'm gonna try and do washes like you.
Your work is awesome, enjoying the line quality and loseness of it!!
Thanks Albert! I love your stuff too! How did you find me?