I’m happy to announce that The Story I’ll Tell is well on its way to becoming a real, physical book this autumn. I can now share the cover with you (design by Stephanie Bart-Horvath.) And without further ado:
Ta-da! What do you think?
I’ve decided to kick off the countdown to publication with a series of posts about my process and the different steps along the way, from ideas and thumbnails all the way up to final art. There will be some giveaways and freebies as well, so stay tuned for more.
In other news,my friend and fellow illustrator Alice Ratterree is celebrating the release of a middle-grade book, Lilliput. The cover art is just gorgeous. Congratulations, Alice!
Nancy Tupper Ling (the author of the Story I’ll Tell) has another book to celebrate: Double Happiness was just released and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.
Does anyone else have any exciting news to share? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!
It was nice to spend a good chunk of time on the mural today after a VERY busy weekend (which included a girl's craft party at my house, Artist Reception at Town Center Gallery, Pinewood Derby at church, 2 kid soccer games, 1 whirlwind trip to LA for an MLS Galaxy pro soccer game, Sunday church service, a birthday party...you get the idea)
So, after the girls got started on their schoolwork, I was able to sneak out to the garage and get back to the "Cheers" panel. As you can see, much was accomplished, although a lot is left to do. However, I think I've gotten a good enough first layer of detail to move on to panel 5 for a while. I'm looking forward to working on something besides grapes and using some different colors.
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I like how the barrel turned out - it's always exciting to
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Now, if you're keeping score of changes made to the original design, you'll notice another one here. The male figure had a slight costume change - he traded in his brown jacket for a dark navy-ish one. I never really liked the brown one in the original design as it seemed like there was just too much brown goin' on. I knew I wanted to have him in blue jeans, so my fashion-forward teenage daughter suggested this color. Works for me!
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