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on 4/8/2015
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I always loved those Tarzan movies with the treehouse, vine-swings and all those elephants. It was the depth of the jungle that I found so enchanting - hidden depths, elevated trees, simplistic (non-existant) plots. It was more of an experience than a story.
I'm attracted to the same qualities of depth in my paintings on canvas. The deeper and more mysterious the elements, the better.
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on 4/4/2015
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Here's one of my forgotten books - the Easter Surprise! It was painted in real paints on gessoed paper (for all you hard-line real media folks). And it featured idyllic scenes of baby farm animals frolicking in pastoral locales. I think it does have a nice painterly aspect to it. And now I'm much more forgiving of it's innocence, all these years later. I think it's sweet... loving kindness.
I spent days drawing monkeys - with the consequence that when I went out to the market shopping - yes, I looked at people and saw monkeys - especially guys with beards. The inevitable parallels all get immediately drawn. I felt kind of bad about it, coming to that conclusion but don't hold myself to blame personally. Anyhow, nowadays on NOVA on PBS they openly refer to our kind as primates - cuz we are! lol! (insert chimp laugh here - like Cheeta on Tarzan - and why did Tarzan name his monkey Cheeta?)
Here is my very first portfolio - the 30 lb 'jumbo boy'. It was gigantic and filled with astounding work! Art directors loved it. They ate it up like cake.
Each new portfolio I made got smaller and smaller until now they fit on an iPhone. But there's something to be said for the 'Jumbo Boy'. Art directors had to clear their desk just to look at it.
I think the amazing thing is that I drew those in ink straight onto the newsprint page without any pencil or rough sketch. I loved how the fountain pen ink sank into the newsprint.
The muffin-man returns - this week it's apple-blueberry-peach. The silicone muffin tin is fab - since it makes turning out the muffins so easy.
It's always nice to take a break from pushing pixels and do something real, like baking.
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on 3/22/2015
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And in a moment or two, the scanned line turns into full color techno-fruit! And to think they pay me to do this... in the rainy cold dark before the sun's even up.
Drawing, drawing, drawing... all day long! But when I get out my magic pens it's like putting jet skis on my pencil line... carving big sloshy inky curves and spraying splatters over the deliciously textured watercolor paper. What can I say - it's fun!
This was a delightful little mini-book to do.
Bunny & Fox pack a picnic...
It's just marvelous! Oh joy!
And it ends happily ever after, naturally.
This was fun to see the comparison between the computer screen outcome and the printed page outcome. It really is like magic that the two technologies are almost identical - even allowing for the different lighting conditions.
Lucky for me it's the innate charm of the concept and design along with the talent of drawing that makes the difference in any image... so that a robot can't do it.
Today's blog theme is farms and work. I tried to recapture the feeling of a kitchen I once had. It was decorated with the most amazing 1940's wallpaper done in a vintage farm design. And it had all the original counters, cupboards and stove.
I discovered that corn is difficult to paint! Too many parts... that's the problem. Bicycles are difficult also.
And this photo is for all those poor folks who have had to shovel way too much snow this year! Here in the pacific northwest we too have to shovel moss. Hard work!
One more day of pushing the pencil and dropping in color. Bunnies, Foxes and a picnic.
The fox sketch from the bottom was redone, to add more clothes. And then swatches of foxy patterns were added. Onward and upward with the Arts!
Ever since I first drew this rabbit, years ago, I've been smitten. Now I get to turn it into a fun bunny project... so it was worth the wait.
Yeah... bunnies are my stock in trade.
Imagination can bring great joy. It's such a delight to pull joy out of thin air with nothing but imagining to guide the way. Imagination and a wacom and an eraser that is.
Of course fears are also imagination at work and not at all delightful - so one struggles to work against those.
A sad day for cartoonists...
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
But what if it's lots of fun?
Here's a step by step of how I did my Dickens inspired holiday card. I think it took about 5 hours or so... and was loads of fun.
I did the first drawing #1 about 6 months ago... and left it in my sketchbook. But I chose to work it up more for the card. Steps 1, 2 and 3 are the drawing evolution.
The line is pencil on WC paper... the color and shadow is all photoshop.
What's John been doing? A lot!
If you said John has been shooting photos for a Hollywood movie poster, signing a new book contract, drawing pictures for a magazine spread, getting to know a new children's book agent and shoveling snow... you'd only be wrong about the snow. I over-exaggerated about the snow. Whew!
The photo is from last night's photo shoot. I didn't realize one could actually have a Hollywood photo shoot from a bicycle with a basket in the dark, but I guess you can. I wore my beret instead of my helmet since I'm an artist.
I quite enjoy the panache of dropping the name 'Hollywood' into a sentence.... it adds glamour. Pinch me... did that all really happen?
What people think I do all day...
What my cat thinks I do all day...
What I really do all day...
A bubbly woodland party brings out only the very best furry guests. From an upcoming book that I had a wonderful time painting.
The season of the magnetic cat has arrived - with the cat being firmly attached to the heat vent. Brrrrrr!
In this day and age a little photoshop magic is always a handy thing to have. But the charm of the pencil remains - that's the main thing. And just like magic, the full moon in Taurus seems to have been the just right thing for this old illustrator.
Here's my idea of a fun Halloween party. This story was inspired one November morning by too much leftover halloween candy and coffee.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa is coming to FedEx this Holiday season. My book, 'Mouse's Christmas Cookie' will be appearing nationwide this season at 420 FedEx outlets. So shoppers who are desperate for that last minute gift might want to make that impulse purchase and grab a copy.
I scarcely ever set foot in my old FedEx (Kinko's) since I got my own wide format printer. And I miss having my regular FedEx driver who used to drop by twice a week. Those were the days.
Experiment, experiment and try things out. I tend to do a LOT of that in looking for new styles and techniques. So I was delighted to try this new combination of ink on watercolor and watercolor and photoshop.
I wanted the image to keep moving but I also wanted it to be bright colors - not muted monotones. (I can do a monotone version easily, but keeping bright colors is usually harder to do).
So I was pleased with how it came out.
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