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In on honor of a new baby in the "house", I wanted to share one of my favorite baby books. I collect Clare Beaton books and this lullaby book is one of my favorites. The intricate patchwork fabric/felt is such a charming addition to these old folk songs and lullabies. There is an audio cd that accompanies the book which is a great addition if you want to sing along or use it during naptimes.
Oh, one more thing... I shared this on my facebook page today but it is so darling and appropriate for celebrating babies. Check out this darling youtube of a momma cat hugging her baby. Just precious.
Bookstart offers the gift of free books to all children at three key ages before they start school, to inspire a love of reading that will give children a flying start in life.
Be sure and check it out, it's a lovely website full of great content!
Happy Tuesday all. Ever think about making an e-book? Will Terry shares his thoughts, experience and suggestions. Will, as always, thanks for your generosity!
By the way, this is part 1 of 2. Will also shares, formatting the ebook. =o)
Check out this fun demo by the talented illustrator, Jannie Ho.
Check out this series of five videos by the fun Will Terry.
Here he teaches Elementary Kids how to draw. Fun stuff!
I've posted 1 of 5 but you can find all 5 at Youtube. =o)
Hello friends.
I too thought of "months" books when contemplating our first week of the new year posting.
In honor of my beloved son, Kevin, who passed away on Nov. 1st I want to share one of his favorite books.
"Kevvy" absolutely loved stories and we read this particular book many times together.
Kipper's new year's resolution is to not throw snowballs at Tiger (which he doesn't keep btw). Kipper and Tiger explore the months of the year with Kipper taking photos to capture memories. It is a delightful story that will teach the months while keeping children amused with the antics the two of them get up to. And as usual, can the illustrations be any more endearing? Mick Inkpen has such a talent for weaving sweet scenes, humour, and childhood innocence.
I love the ending and the last "photo" of the year. Hint: Tiger gets his snowball revenge. ;o)
Happy New Year everyone. I hope this year brings you peace, joy, prosperity and good health.
For my sweetie.
Kevin Fulcher Jr.
Feb 1, 1995- Nov. 1 2010
Another Cintiq inspired post! Check out Scott Adams working and how he uses his to create his Dilbert comic. Watch it here.
Here's the youtube version but it's pixelated for some reason. I like how he has his Cintiq resting on the corner of his desk and then takes his keyboard and does the same thing. Always fun to see a persons set up.
I notice many others work with their Cintiq quite high. I have mine much lower as you can see in this pic. Currently, I have everything on one long craft desk. The desk is high so I had to buy a drafting chair that I can raise quite high too. So far this is working best for me. I still incorporate my Wacom tablet- sort of switching back and forth.
FYI - the Cintiq is already proving to be an invaluable tool. If I only ever use it for sketching out pages, it will be worth every penny. I have a looming deadline and I'm so relieved that I can sketch directly on there without dealing with my scanner (which has decided to go kaput on me right now, anyway).
I'm going to piggy back Kathy's post on the topic of self publishing, expanding on her mention of Dani Jones. Dani has spent the past year creating comics and shares an article regarding the industry and the mindset of independent creators. Thanks as always, Dani, for your generosity! Food for thought.
A couple of weeks ago my mum returned from her trip to the UK and kindly brought these home for me.
Being a huge fan of Mick Inkpen's work, I was so thrilled to receive these to add to my collection. Along with Kipper, here is another character , Wibbly Pig. Isn't he adorable? Similar to Kipper, he is charming, sweet and always up to exploring his surroundings.
I am really hoping that the books and tv series will transfer over here soon. It is possible to order via Amazon but you have to pay extra, of course.
This is such a great interview with illustrator Sandra Boynton. Greeting cards, children's books and music. I'm jealous that she's best buds with my favorite actress, Meryl Streep. hehe
Seriously, though, this is an inspiring interview. It is another example of how self belief is key to success, imho. Like Mary Engelbreit, it never occured to Sandra B. that her work wouldn't sell.
Thank you all for celebrating the ,"Science Around the House", release with me last week. I really appreciate all the encouragement and support, it was great! Today is my daughter Emily's 14th birthday so I asked her to do the honors with the drawing. We decided to draw two names. Congratulations to....
Deb Meyer
...and Pat Zietlow Miller !
Please send me your contact info (rozf@charter. net) and I will be happy to send a copy out to you.
Thanks again and I hope you enjoy the projects (and coloring the illustrations).
xo
My kids have been back to school for a few weeks now but I know for many today was the big day. In celebration of back to school and education I'd like to do a book give away.
Today, I received complementary copies of my book ,
Science Around the House, published by Dover. I am thrilled with how it printed!! I had
sooo much fun working on this project. It was the most challenging assignment I've even been given and the most rewarding. I spent several months researching experiments, trying to find ones that were educational yet F.U.N.
So please celebrate with me by leaving a comment and I will happily draw a name from the comments and announce the winner on my day (Tuesday) next week!
PS. I'm linking this post to Facebook/ Twitter so if you decide to leave a comment over there instead , I will include you in the drawing. =o)
Hi all,
Right now my sketchbook is housing roughs for an alphabet coloring book. I turned in my sketches for review and thought it would be alright to share a couple since they have been scrapped from the line up.
Why have they been scrapped? Because I went overboard and forgot my target audience. This book is intended for very little ones with big fingers. I knew in my gut that I was drawing too much but ultimately decided it would be quicker to edit rather than add in revisions. Even still, these one's are going to be tossed because I think it will be easier to just come up with a new concept.
Back to the drawing board to simplify, simplify, simplify!
PS Still waiting on my Cintiq. Should hopefully be here today/tomorrow.
Well, After some encouragement from Illustrator friends and family, I think I'm finally just going to go for it. I have been obsessing over a decision on getting a Cintiq off and on for several months. Well, actually, a couple of years. =o) I got an Intuous 4 tablet last summer to buy myself some time and ,oh boy, it was such a dramatic change to my work flow after using a mouse.
But now I'm back onto the Cintiq. Mainly because I have steady work through January and I am hoping it will help me with my
shoulder pain not to mention help improve work time.
So it's yes to getting one but now the next big question is, which size?
I have been glued to review pages for the past couple of days and also asking the opinions of others that work with a Cintiq. The consensus is to get the larger one if budget allows.
I was seriously looking at getting the smaller one because of the price and size (it looks like it's similar in size to my intuous4 which appealed) but there are issues with it that are concerning me:
*Not as portable as it claims to be due to a heavy box /cables.
*Gets extremely hot under your hand after a couple of hours.
*Screen resolution not that great which is a necessity in this profession.
However, if there is anyone out there that has the 12wx, I'm all ears!
I have a friend that has a young son who loves all things military. Over the weekend he asked if I would draw him a helicopter.
It was fun to do, I love sketching. It's therapeutic and I lose all sense of time when I'm in that zone.
Speaking of sketching, have you all seen the fun new blog that is up and running?
It's called ,
The Sketchables, and has a talented team of illustrators sharing their love of sketching with their readers.
Be sure and check it out!
Contributors:
Here is my contribution for our PBJ postcard. Earlier this Spring, I created a
worldless story for my portfolio so I adapted one of the panels to fit our mailing.
This was created digitally using scanned fabrics and "digital felt".
Yes, Kathy, Giraffes at the beach, why the heck not? And Elephants too. =o)
Hm, how do I describe this fabulous book to you all and serve it justice? I'm going to let author Amy
Krouse Rosenthal tell you because it's just plain cute and sums it up perfectly. This is on the front flap of the book:
Hello All,
Inside you will find stories, short poems, lists, palindromes, word games and random observations. Some parts are happy, some sad-ish, some silly, some serious, some crunchy, some soft in the center.
This book is full of stuff I've always wondered about...
Like:
- Did Miss Mary Mack have friends who liked other colors?
- Who hid something under the tooth fairy's pillow when she was a little girl.
- How do moms always know when you're about to sneak a cookie?
- Could everything important about the world be summarized in a poem that rhymes?
You can open the book anywhere and read. So the beginning could be the end, and the end could be the beginning. But I guess the middle is always the middle.
signed- Amy K. R
PS. Aren't Paul's drawings the best?!
Yes they are!! Paul Schmid's loose child like ink drawings are just screaming out to be colored. I can tell you if I had this book as a child I would be pulling out the colored pencils for sure. But as an adult I will just pour over the images over and over because they have so much life and movement in them. Sometimes I'm convinced they are actually moving- they are that animated.
I enjoyed this book so much that it's going as my sidebar pick for May as soon as I get off my "duff" and change it out. =o)
Happy Friday everyone!
This week, I worked up some Santa Illustrations for a potential project. This happens quite a lot . There will be a request from a publisher to see samples reflecting a certain theme and your agent sends samples from his/her stable of artists. I wanted to be included in this submission so I had to get these completed quickly.
They are a bit different from my typical style. I omitted the stitching in hopes that it would help them look a tad older. Plus, it was quicker. =o)
Just wanted to draw your attention to a terrific publishing blog.
It's for Macmillan Publishing - MacKids. I particularly enjoy getting a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes. It's not just announcements of upcoming books which makes it all the more interesting.
For example, here is a post regarding one of my favorite auth/illustrators Karen Katz who has cornered the baby board book market. Asst editor, Sarah Dotts Barley of Henry Holt, shares a snippet of what is on her desk.
Fun stuff!
I love "quiet" books, especially those ideal for bedtime reading. If you do too, this is a must have. When I first discovered it, I was intrigued by the title. Rabbit Pie? I just adore the clever way Penny Ives cooks up this lovely "recipe" of a mommy rabbit getting her babies ready for bedtime.
This book is such a treasure with its sweet writing and charming watercolor illustrations. I hope you'll grab yourself a copy too.
This "recipe" book inspired me to create a little bunny family of my own. Check it out
here.
Happy pre Easter everyone!
In November 2010 illustrator, Julie Olson's book, Tickle Tickle Itch Twitch, will be coming out. Most exciting of all it will be the debut of the first book that she has also written. Congratulations, Julie! On her blog, Julie spent two weeks sharing her perspective of writing & illustrating a pb, posting a step each day. Start here:
Day 1
Whether it's digital or traditional, I love watching other artists at work, don't you? And it's a great way to learn. For example, while I was studying the program , Adobe Illustrator, I found this fun video by
youtube user,
ZsoltVajda . I wouldn't say it's a tutorial - just fun to watch this piece of art in progress. Plus, the music is great!
If you are looking for in depth tutorials for digital work, my go to place is
Lynda.com. Being a visual learner lynda.com in an invaluable resource for me and the subscription fee is reasonable.
Happy Monday all! Here is a portfolio piece I created last week. I incorporated some scanned papers in this one to see how they would work. For the dog and the little girls hair, I used toweling. Unfortunately that texture was lost when I reduced to 72dpi. Aww, well.
I'm getting ready to re send my little dummy book out into the world. I wanted to revamp the final art samples to reflect my new style. I mentioned this over at Twitter and said I would share it, so here it is. Click to view larger.
Here is the original felt version:
and here is the updated one:
I have given up the desire to make the new style look exactly like the original felt. I was stressing myself out too much with it and realized that it was defeating the purpose of... less stress.
I'm often asked why I transitioned to digital and there are many reasons. Number one, it's a lot of fun! I have way more freedom now and I look forward to experimenting and exploring. Now, I can try several color or pattern scenarios without having to commit.
Another major reason is it's much easier to meet deadlines. Over the years, I've noticed more and more that publishers are wanting changes to the final art. This was challenging with my traditional pieces. Often, it meant completely starting over, even if it was a minor (to them) change.
Artist's starting out that work in textiles ask me if I think they should work digitally. My answer is no. Not if you truly love what you do and it's your form of expression. There is nothing like the look of traditional fabrics and stitching. I still love its natural, organic quality.
I just particularly enjoy working on the computer. If you move to digital just because you think you "should", you'll be unhappy.
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Will is so wonderful. Such a talented and generous artist. :o)
This looks very interesting. I am working my way through Will's "How to illustrate a children's book" video series- full of great stuff! I highly recommend it! Thank you Will Terry for being so kind and sharing all your wisdom and talent with us!!