By: Peggy Fussell,
on 6/26/2008
I love making line drawings. I was recently contacted to do an especially fun one. My assignment was to turn a ferocious university mascot, the panther, into an elegant, friendly and playful fellow for the university’s pediatric research program. I hope this guy makes the tiny visitors feel welcome!
www.peggyfussell.com
By: Anette Heiberg,
on 6/21/2008
Acrylic on watercolor paper.
Anette Heiberg - www.anetteheiberg.com
By: Anette Heiberg,
on 6/21/2008
Acrylic on watercolor paper.
Anette Heiberg - www.anetteheiberg.com
By: josh pincus is crying,
on 6/21/2008
By: Maritze,
on 6/19/2008
...mamoth?
http://andriesmaritz.blogspot.com/
By: John Deininger,
on 6/18/2008
Here are the Terrible Tinys! A mail-order gang of terrible, tiny creatures who really aren't all that terrible. They eat weeds and rotting fruit, they use house-dust to build tiny homes, and generally re-use all the things we humans think of as rubish!
johndeininger.blogspot.com
By: Bruno Fernandez ●๋•,
on 6/17/2008
This is my tiny daughter. :-)
Bruno Fernández
By: Jeff,
on 6/16/2008
Greetings SFG'ers and readers!
With this post we're going to be changing up the way we do the SFG Challenges. From now on, the challenge will run Monday thru Monday and will now last two weeks, instead of one. This will afford all members more of a chance to take the time to contribute, and will also give me a break from having to come up with new challenge ideas weekly. LOL More than anything though, it will hopefully foster a larger amount of contributions per challenge. And that's what it's all about right? Lots of awesome art!? Also, don't forget to post your comments! The SFG community thrives on positive and inspiring feedback from it's members!
The SFG Challenge was created to offer every member an opportunity to stretch their creative muscles, venture outside of their artistic boundaries and post their interpretations each week on a specific theme. This is a completely voluntary challenge!
Be sure to label your illustrations with the appropriate labels as well. Label your entries with your name and the challenge label, in this case SFG: Tiny
The next challenge begins Monday, June 30th, 2008.
Thanks everyone! And don't forget that advertising on SFG and Design Inspiration is being offered right now at an all time low price. E-mail me for details.
By: The Class of 2k8,
on 2/14/2008
A Web site offers fun features.
There is one part on my Web site that I had a lot of fun doing: thinking of my all-time favorite girl and guy characters in YA lit for my Favorites page. I wanted to write YA because I read it all the time. Because much as I enjoy adult novels, I love YA more. Which means I've read, and loved, an awful lot of YA books with some pretty awesome characters. There are some amazing girl characters out there, and some pretty fabulous guys who spring to life off the written page. So who did I choose to feature on my site? Click on the link below to find out!
~Daphne Grab, Author of Alive and Well in Prague, NY,
http://www.daphnegrab.com/
A Web site is proof.
My publisher tells me that kid readers are especially interested in the authors of the books they read. It's as if they can't believe an actual person wrote the book. A website proves an actual person did write the book, and a well-designed site gives extra interesting details about that person, like how many cats she has. It’s a great way for readers to continue to interact with the book.
~Sarah Prineas, Author of The Magic Thief,
http://www.sarah-prineas.com
Teens spend time online.
I think it's important to have a personal web site because the world is so Internet-ty! Especially because I write for teenagers, who seem to spend lots of time online and be very savvy, it's the most efficient way to reach out to them, let them know about me and my book, events, news, and whatever else is going on in my book-world. I happen to be a writer who's interested in communicating with young readers, so it's a step to accomplishing that. I think teenagers almost expect the experience of a book they love to go beyond the page. Everything else seems to go online somehow! Look at popular TV shows, like Lost, who are doing webisodes to accompany the television broadcasts. Not to mention message boards!
~Liz Gallagher, Author of The Opposite of Invisible,
http://lizgallagher.com/
A strong Web presence can do amazing things for your career.
It cultivates your readership, creates word-of-mouth interest, gains press, excites your publisher, and more. With that in mind I started researching Web site designers by visiting author sites. I noted what layouts and features I liked, what I didn’t and which designers I could afford. I wanted a website that was user friendly, had teen appeal and that I could build on as my career grew. I thought of it like a starter home. I couldn’t spend $5000 on a site (or even $2000), but I could build an affordable base site and add on to it. And later on, if I wanted to, I could always remodel. My site designer, Barb of Jaleroro Web Designs, did a fantastic job of taking my ideas and making them a reality. I’ve already received positive feedback on my site and it has generated interest in my upcoming books.
~Terri Clark, Author of Sleepless,
http://www.terriclarkbooks.com/
Anybody who’s anybody has a Web site.
I think it's important to have a personal web site because everyone keeps telling me that it is, even though I'm not entirely sure what I should put on it. Frankly, I'm a pretty boring person. If I were all that interesting, I wouldn't be spending my time making upstories, now, would I?
~M.P. Barker, Author of A Difficult Boy,
http://mpbarker.net/
Web sites keep Amazon.com in business.
Personal websites make me want to read more books. Sometimes the websites give the back-story of a particular book, and I feel compelled to go straight to Amazon and order the book right away. I’ve discovered some of my favorite books this way, and I suspect I’m not the only one.
~Courtney Sheinmel, Author of My So-Called Family
http://courtneywrites.livejournal.com
By: The Class of 2k8,
on 1/14/2008
I dig this. Nicely done.