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By: John Nez,
on 8/20/2014
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on 8/19/2014
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When I write a grocery list I can't even make out half the things I wrote... it's that bad! Oh, and I'm lucky if I don't lose the list between leaving the house and arriving at the grocery store.
By: John Nez,
on 8/13/2014
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Mr. Bunny has delivered new boxes of postcards! Art Directors will want to keep on the lookout. I've always liked to print things and look at them - so I was especially chuffed to open these boxes.
By: John Nez,
on 7/30/2014
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Here's a sneak peek from my new book.
By: John Nez,
on 7/28/2014
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on 7/14/2014
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Here are some of the different color designs I tried for little Fox's house in the woods. It's supposed to show as a movie though it started as an animated GIF.
I read that if you post an animated GIF to Twitter it is turned into a movie. So I tried it and it works... then I downloaded the movie and that can be posted onto FB. The things one never knew!
This only plays once, but the GIF repeats over and over.
By: John Nez,
on 7/9/2014
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I discovered online, entirely by accident, that my Uncle Ed had illustrated a little golden book that I'd never seen before - Captain Kangaroo and the Panda.
And a few weeks later it arrived. My Uncle, Edwin Schmidt, was an illustrator who lived outside Philadelphia back in the 50's and 60's. He was my hero. I used to see his name in print in various books and I'd think he was famous. He always sent the best Christmas presents. He went to the Museum School in Philadelphia and he lived in Valley Forge.
I only met Ed once, for an afternoon when I was in high school. But it made a lasting memory. Sadly they both died before 50.
It's ironic that I recently did a panda book too. I was thrilled to see that both my Uncle Ed and I were listed in the Little Golden Book 50th Anniversary directory that came out a while back.
By: John Nez,
on 6/27/2014
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I quite liked how the scanned fabric fit into the painting. There's nothing like plaid to go with a hunting cap. "I say!" lol!
By: John Nez,
on 6/18/2014
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Sometimes I think more than half of children's book illustration is creating landscapes. Landscapes of imagination. It's always fun to create imaginary houses where storybook characters live. And adding in a grandfather adds a mysterious storybook charm to the atmosphere too.
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on 4/6/2014
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It actually started out as just a spot drawing, but they liked it so much they decided to turn it into a poster.
With a little digital magic I adjusted the dpi and sizes, so that a larger drawing would work at poster size. This is the largest illustration I've ever done.
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on 3/13/2014
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By: John Nez,
on 8/20/2014
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Poor little Foxy is being belittled for her poor penmanship. I can so relate since my penmanship is now completely destroyed by years of drawing.
When I write a grocery list I can't even make out half the things I wrote... it's that bad! Oh, and I'm lucky if I don't lose the list between leaving the house and arriving at the grocery store.
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By: John Nez,
on 8/13/2014
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Mr. Bunny has delivered new boxes of postcards! Art Directors will want to keep on the lookout. I've always liked to print things and look at them - so I was especially chuffed to open these boxes.
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By: John Nez,
on 7/30/2014
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I liked the storybook feeling that turned out on this page. There's an old fashioned decorative quality somehow. The fabrics are hand made... maybe that's it.
I think in general the world longs for storybook worlds to live in. I know I do...
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By: John Nez,
on 7/28/2014
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First comes the pencil, which is the most important... and next a suitable color with texture is added. What you don't see is me making about 147 changes to every combination of colors, shapes, patterns and textures.
And then it's done!
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on 7/14/2014
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I read that if you post an animated GIF to Twitter it is turned into a movie. So I tried it and it works... then I downloaded the movie and that can be posted onto FB. The things one never knew!
This only plays once, but the GIF repeats over and over.
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By: John Nez,
on 7/9/2014
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| A Little Golden book by my Uncle Ed |
And a few weeks later it arrived. My Uncle, Edwin Schmidt, was an illustrator who lived outside Philadelphia back in the 50's and 60's. He was my hero. I used to see his name in print in various books and I'd think he was famous. He always sent the best Christmas presents. He went to the Museum School in Philadelphia and he lived in Valley Forge.
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| I recently did a panda book too. |
My Uncle Ed's wife was a painter too - she was also a model and covergirl on some magazines. She moved to Camden Maine later. I did get to meet her when I was living in NYC. She was sooo thrilled that I had succeeded an illustrator.
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By: John Nez,
on 6/27/2014
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I quite liked how the scanned fabric fit into the painting. There's nothing like plaid to go with a hunting cap. "I say!" lol!
I've been scanning in some striking woven textures to put in the new book I'm working on. And to keep the crafts in the family, these lovely scarves were woven by my clever and lovely spouse, Ann. She'll be flattered to see her work turned into part of a book, hopefully.
Her scarves certainly add a nice homespun look to the old wacom and Epson v700, that's for sure.
Her scarves certainly add a nice homespun look to the old wacom and Epson v700, that's for sure.
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By: John Nez,
on 6/18/2014
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Sometimes I think more than half of children's book illustration is creating landscapes. Landscapes of imagination. It's always fun to create imaginary houses where storybook characters live. And adding in a grandfather adds a mysterious storybook charm to the atmosphere too.
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By: John Nez,
on 4/6/2014
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This was a fun project for the wonderful folks at Highlights. It's a summer reading poster that will be appearing in libraries and schools for summer reading. It's really, really big - much bigger than my 22" monitor.
I was very pleased with how it turned out. I tried out a new technique of isolating some of the images as layers with shadows, so it looks kind of like a collage.
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By: John Nez,
on 3/13/2014
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