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By: John Nez,
on 3/22/2015
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By: John Nez,
on 3/13/2015
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on 3/11/2015
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on 3/8/2015
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on 2/26/2015
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on 2/19/2015
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One more day of pushing the pencil and dropping in color. Bunnies, Foxes and a picnic.
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on 1/13/2015
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By: John Nez,
on 1/3/2015
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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.
By: John Nez,
on 12/2/2014
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What people think I do all day...
What my cat thinks I do all day...
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on 11/30/2014
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on 11/13/2014
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A bubbly woodland party brings out only the very best furry guests. From an upcoming book that I had a wonderful time painting.
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on 11/7/2014
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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.
By: John Nez,
on 10/31/2014
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on 10/15/2014
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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.
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on 10/9/2014
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'My Cherry Tree' was my first authored published book - by a Korean publisher. It was quite poetic and they scarcely made any changes to the text. Here's a sample of the writing:
On hot days I lie on the grass under my
cherry tree and watch the clouds .
Some look like elephants.. some look like horses.
The robins learned to fly. They all flew away.
It feels lonesome without them.
Summer has turned into autumn.
The leaves on my cherry tree turn golden and red.
They dance away like fire in the wind.
I help mother rake a pile of leaves as tall as me!
I get to jump right in and play.
By: John Nez,
on 9/23/2014
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There's just something about new stationary. Going back to school used to mean all those fun new things - new peachy folders (with that eternal sports design in a yellowy tone), new pencils and a new blue canvas snap-ring binder. Now it mostly just means a new computer class for my kids. But these critters are having fun regardless. They probably like that new school smell as much as I did.
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on 9/1/2014
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on 8/20/2014
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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 8/15/2014
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Before I ran away to New York City, I'd spend my days drawing scenes like this - all from scratch, no sketches, just pen on newsprint. I'd draw away for hours and hours listening to the radio.
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 8/8/2014
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Sometimes in choosing the cast and characters, different choices pop up. I think the with original sketches for a book I tried I had a hippo, an alligator and this charming elephant family. But the chair stayed the same!
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By: John Nez,
on 3/22/2015
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on 3/13/2015
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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.
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By: John Nez,
on 3/11/2015
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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!
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on 3/8/2015
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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.
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By: John Nez,
on 2/26/2015
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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!
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By: John Nez,
on 2/19/2015
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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!
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By: John Nez,
on 1/13/2015
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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.
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on 1/7/2015
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A sad day for cartoonists...
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on 1/7/2015
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No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
But what if it's lots of fun?
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By: John Nez,
on 1/3/2015
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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.
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on 12/2/2014
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What my cat thinks I do all day...
What I really do all day...
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By: John Nez,
on 11/30/2014
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I went to Ace Hardware in Seattle (City People's ) to buy a plumbing part for my sink... but was delighted and surprised to see that they had a dozen copies of my book 'The 12 Days of Christmas in Washington' on the shelf. I like it when that happens in the middle of plumbing repair.
I had to go back and take a picture, there really was a pile of my books in the Ace Hardware - albeit in the gift department. A few years ago the book was in Metropolitan Market - it was so much fun when I was there I ran into Mrs. Harlan, one of our kindergarten teachers, and I got to show her my pile of books. Usually the dairy case isn't that much fun.
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Here's my idea of a fun Halloween party. This story was inspired one November morning by too much leftover halloween candy and coffee.
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By: John Nez,
on 10/15/2014
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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.
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on 10/9/2014
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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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on 10/7/2014
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On hot days I lie on the grass under my
cherry tree and watch the clouds .
Some look like elephants.. some look like horses.
The robins learned to fly. They all flew away.
It feels lonesome without them.
Summer has turned into autumn.
The leaves on my cherry tree turn golden and red.
They dance away like fire in the wind.
I help mother rake a pile of leaves as tall as me!
I get to jump right in and play.
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on 9/23/2014
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There's just something about new stationary. Going back to school used to mean all those fun new things - new peachy folders (with that eternal sports design in a yellowy tone), new pencils and a new blue canvas snap-ring binder. Now it mostly just means a new computer class for my kids. But these critters are having fun regardless. They probably like that new school smell as much as I did.
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By: John Nez,
on 9/1/2014
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The once happy little red fox thinks she isn't good enough... but Grandfather fox knows better. I liked the folk tale nature that these characters allowed. And I like the mountain meadow setting.
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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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on 8/15/2014
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Somehow I got hooked on how the ink lines sank into the newsprint. I couldn't stop drawing. That art business can lead youth astray!
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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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on 8/8/2014
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