Had a great day at the Festival at Forsyth Park in Sav.

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Rethinking my choice of medium again. I've done digital and now I'm trying watercolor with pen/ink. Samples from a book proposal.

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Getting art ready for the Savannah Children's Book Festival. I'm very excited to be there with my good friend Kristin Lanett, author. 2015 it will be at Forsyth Park, Savannah, GA.

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I've been working on my first all digital children's book. I really had a hang up about doing this and finally felt comfortable to do it. I'm super excited for this book to come out. Author is my friend Heather Tietz. It will be my 4th book. It should have been my 5th, but it has been a good learning experience.

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I'm so excited to be working again! I have a new book project that will be due hopefully out at the end of the year in print and ebook. More to come!

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I decided to purchase the video about digital illustration in photoshop by Will Terry from the Folio Academy. So far it's been great! I feel like I've gotten way more information then spending it on a photoshop how to book. I've done that before and I'm just on as good about reading and doing the tutorials. I watch the video steps and then try. Pause try and so forth. It does help to have some basic understanding of photoshop. I think there was a beginner course offered. I can't wait to make a full illustration based on the course.

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Trying to make some new illustration samples.

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I'm so excited for my dear friend Kristin Lanett whom I've know for the longest time. Her writing has been included in an anthology. Such a talented writer. Here's a link to purchase a copy on Amazon.

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B&W value sketch done in photoshop.

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Illustration the topic Lush.

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This was a great video on the business of illustration by Will Terry. Things have changed a great deal in the business. He's honest how you can try to make it in the Biz.

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I love the work of Patrice Barton. Youtube interviews on how she works.

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Fun digital illustration of Hermie the Crab!

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Free Coloring Sheet for March. Mouse from the book "Yes, Jesus Loves You".

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I'm really into drawing bunnies of late and I will have more in the future completed. I'm going to try and do a promo piece postcards with several of these bunny illustrations. In the mean time I'm writing a little poem for a picture book based off of some illustration I did.

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I thought of an illustration I'd done for a Christian children's book. The shepherds are tending their flock of sheep.

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The theme Storm reminds me of the illustration I did of a storm coming onto the beaches of Tybee, GA. This illustration was done in pastel.

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Everyone has their own way of sending out promotional material to prospective clients. In the past I've had postcards printed and mailed them out or sent out letter size print outs. These days I do things differently. I like something about having more of a hands on involvement with my mailers. I gang my images on letter size doc in InDesign. Then I make a PDF of the pages. Then I go to my local staples to get it printed out in color on premium white paper. I find I just don't get the quality I want off of my own printer. I hand cut the images out. It's not too bad since they are 4up. The images are spray mounted on to cover stock paper that I've used my regular pinter to print my contact info on the back. I feel like the final looks better then the old postcards I sent out. There is hand quality to it and I'm not stuck with way more postcards then I need.

Work changes and evolves and this method allows me more control on the quantity and quality. I make inner envelope by hand from vellum in various colors. I purchased greeting card size envelopes in various colors. It works for my needs. I also will print my business cards on the cover stock to include in my mailer. When I'm doing a mailing of promos I might only have 40-50 prospective clients I'm sending out to. I send out 1x during the summer and 1x during dec or feb. I'm working on my feb mailings now. It's only a list of 10 and growing. I'm particular about who I send out to. I've learned to target and to be cost effective. I can tell by a look at the backlist or current titles if it's worth sending anything out.

The USPS also has a service that you can make single or multiple postcards and save an address book. To keep track of whom I've sent to I made a word doc that has the addresses listed on it for the mailing labels. The file will have their names/address and I just look and see when the file was last modified. I don't bother having my samples returned back normally. I used to in the past but now I just want to save money on postage.



In the future I'm planning on designing a one page promo sheet of various illustrations to send out as a follow up. We'll see how that goes.

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Click to download a PDF of this coloring sheet.

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Wings. Reminded me of a digital illustration I'd made to celebrate Valentine's Day. Birds of a feather flock together.

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Pegasus is one of the best known mythological creatures in Greek mythology.

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Nice review of the last book I illustrated. Rockabye Baby Jesus.

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Illustration posted on They Draw & Cook. Spiced Hot Cocoa.

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