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More great sketches Eric.
I think they had a monster like that in the basement of our school too. Actualy, it reminds me of one of my teachers. Hmm, do they disguise themselves as teachers during the day?
My favorites are 1 and 3.

Thanks Frank! It's really nice that people have different favorites, usually everyone likes the same picture. It would explain a lot if some of my teachers were monsters in disguise, my grade 4 french teacer in particular. I always thought her name sounded fake......

Hello Eric. What a joy to find your wonderful illustrations. Hope you don't mind but I have 'tagged' you. You can come to my blog for the rules if you need them. And also, I would very much like to put a link to your blog on mine.
Cheers!
Krissy

Thanks Krissy!

I just did this recently so I'll pass on this one... I hope that's OK.

I love your stuff, particularly "Tangle bones" brilliant.

Bookmarked!

Thanks,Kevin! That means a lot coming from you, I love your work.

Eric... your sketches are great... you manage to get a lovely fresh quality to them. Bravo :)

Thanks Rima!

Arrh how lovely they are!!

Buses are good for that actually, my bus sketches are MUCH more wobbly than that though. You must have inbuilt wobble compensators.

Not at all, I was drunk.


I'm joking, I finished them up when I got to stable ground.

Enjoying UnLudun, almost too many ideas though. And it has a more organic structure than many fantasy books, which is good but makes it feel less like fantasy.

Having said that, I do find I can be pretty critical of fantasy, even though it's my favorite kind of book.

True about UnLunDun... although I found somehow that at first I was cross with it for being overstuffed and a bit pointless, and then it sort of unfolded just when I was getting fed up. - It also helps I read some bad reviews before!

Haaa that explains it, finishing the drawing on solid ground... clever!

It's over stffed-ness and it's self aware cleverness really bugged me, I felt at times that I was reading a Piers Anthony book.
I was a bit annoyed by the pointless onslaught of ideas until chapter 62, the forest in the house part. I thought that was worth the whole price of the book.

Exactly! That's when I was just starting to think: hmmm, maybe this is quite good... and then the house happened and I was really happy!

I was very cross with it at the beginning when people were lobsters for no reason and dressed in books et cetera. But somehow the thing seemed to come alive later.

I agree!
I was very disapointed that cats can't get into Unlundun though. I love cats.

I was really suprised to see him thank Neil Gaiman and mention Neverwhere at the end because half the time I was thinking" this a rip off of Neverwhere,"
Only to find out it was more or less intentional.

C.M.'s adult stuff is super dark and I found it hard to get through.

You must read Mouse Guard by David Paterson. It's an American comic about mice. It's the coolest thing ever. I'll post about it on the weekend.

Mm, my designer who has a fab taste in fantasy books told me he read the adult stories and found them a bit not so good...
Yes do post! Want more fantasy! And comics!

I'm reading BONE in the evenings at the moment, I never read past part three before...

Hah, I remember reading Neverwhere... so much running around, that would have annoyed me if it hadn't been very much like actually being in London.

I'd like to post sort of reviews for books I really like. They'd be more "this is so cool," rather than any critical look at the work.

Do you think that would bore people?

I'd like that!
They can always scroll down if they get bored anyhow. I think it's nice posting different sorts of things - every time I do I get some unexpected nice mail or comment. It's good for the soul.

That's true... I feel like I should always post a painting or a drawing but I should probably expand that a little bit.

super great sketches!!!!

Thanks Claudine!

i love your sketshes, for some reason, there is all this life in them and whimsy.
i just love them!

Thanks!
I'm thiking of doing a book all in pencil.

you should definately! that sounds so cool! i also really like that greytone one on the same post.
its really neat.

Thanks! My latest post is of some drawings for my "pencil book"
It's a picture book called Josephine Pebbles. I'd like to have it done over the next few months. Hopefully 3 months....

You are so right about those moments... I wish everybody was open to them as you are. I think people are in such a rush these days that all these magical moments are happening around us all the time but for most they are just invisible. I'm glad you are not one of them.

Lovely sketch!

What a wonderful post, Eric....I pop in all the time to see your beautiful artwork ~ You are so so talented!! take care, Dawn

I couldn't agree more, Eric. So nice that you got to share that moment on the bus. Really like your illustrations by the way.

I think that you use the "acuarela" very well, hahaha, sin embargo yo escribo fatal tu idioma, solo decirte que me gustó tu trabajo y aunque no pueda hacertelo saber me parecio etico dejar un mensaje.

Saludo;)

Thanks, Alicia! I feel really strongly about this, and I feel if there is a point to what I do it's that I want to show people all the magical moments that they might otherwise miss. It also forces me to slow down and draw the world and appreciate things more.

Thanks Dawn. I really appreciate your kind words. And I love visiting your site too.

Thanks Jason! The great thing about blogs is that I get to see the work of great illustrators like yourself.

Gracias, Gustavo! I really appreciate that and your english is fine. I really like you work too!

Slowing down to appreciate all of those little moments that life has to offer us, that is the real gift in life.
I feel that slowing down is one of the most important things that I have learned by living in Mexico. I am finally at a point in my life that all of those little things ARE the most important part of my life.
I am glad that you shared these thoughts.

Thanks Frank! It's good to remind myself of this once and a while, it's too easy to lose sight of.

thanks for the comment,
i love your work!
take care.

Thank you so much!

Beautifully said--both in words and illo!

Thanks Mrs. Street!

Yes! I couldn't agree with you more.

Thanks, Annie!

Awww, what a treat! I wish I could've seen it. Imagine how excited those kids would be if they knew there was a painting of their show!

Thanks, Ambera!

I wish I'd seen that! :)

Thanks Viviane!

wonderful sketch, eric. i wish i had seen that show.

Thanks Matt!