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Award-winning author and illustrator Dan Yaccarino returns to Ready Set Draw to teach viewers how to draw Doug from Doug Unplugged. Doug is an inquisitive little robot boy who sets off to see the world beyond his home. After drawing Doug it is a good idea to go on a walk to explore your neighborhood.
Dan is joined by KidLit TV team member, Katya Szewczuk who learns to draw Doug too. Katya is an aspiring author and illustrator. You can find Katya’s work, here.
Did you, a child, or student draw Doug using this video? Share your images with us via Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter! Use the hashtag #KidLitTV on Instagram and Twitter too. We can’t wait to see what you’ve drawn!
Doug Unplugged
Written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Doug is a robot. His parents want him to be smart, so each morning they plug him in and start the information download. After a morning spent learning facts about the city, Doug suspects he could learn even more about the city by going outside and exploring it. And so Doug … unplugs. What follows is an exciting day of adventure and discovery. Doug learns amazing things by doing and seeing and touching and listening and above all, by interacting with a new friend. Dan Yaccarino’s funny story of robot rebellion is a great reminder that sometimes the best way to learn about the world is to go out and be in it.
ABOUT DAN YACCARINO
Children the world over know Dan Yaccarino from his children’s books, Parent’s Choice Award-winning animated TV series Oswald (Nick Jr) and Emmy-winning Willa’s Wild Life (NBC and Qubo) and character designs for The Backyardigans (Nickelodeon), as well as his many illustrated toys, games, and other children’s products. His bold, stylized illustrations add wit and energy to the work of such prestigious authors as Margaret Wise Brown, Jack Prelutsky, Kevin Henkes and Patricia MacLachlan in addition to his own stories.
Dan’s internationally recognized art style has earned him a large following in Japan, exhibits in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Bologna, and a visit to the White House. Dan’s books have been translated into many languages and have inspired ebooks, children’s musicals and video adaptations. People all over the world enjoy Oswald, Dan’s animated television series about the wonderfully whimsical world of a lovable octopus, which Time magazine chose as one of the top 6 shows to watch on cable. Animation Magazine hails him as “an American original.”
Dan’s work has been recognized with a host of prestigious awards including the Bologna Ragazzi, The New York Time 10 Best Illustrated, ALA Notable and the Parents Choice Award. Over 1.5 million of his books have been sold to date.
What a cute ”READY SET DRAW”
The lesson was good from Dan and Katya’s picture was ok [ha ha] it was good
One question though -Did Dan and Katya call each other about what to wear? They match perfectly! [smile]
Love it!
patte
Kassia Graham said, on 5/22/2016 1:26:00 PM
Thanks, Patte! Katya did very well. As you know from personal experience she is very talented. :D
In a landmark opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, handing gay rights advocates their biggest victory yet. Today is a good day.
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A small robot is born and sets out into the world, happily performing his simple tasks. Suddenly, in a small but profound way, the world as he knows it changes. What follows is a downward spiral of jealousy, resentment and unrestrained desire.
My friend Laurel, who is visiting London, sent me this photo. Aren’t the robots great? I love how the cardboard is rolled for the arms. This is the window of a shoe store called Schuh on Oxford Street.
In case you missed my earlier post about our own cardboard adventures, it’s here.
Meanwhile, I am still deep in research mode on my nonfiction book. It’s keeping me quite engrossed.
I’m looking forward to the Carolinas SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) conference here in Charlotte this weekend. Say “hi” if you’ll be there!
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Cardboard Robots, Take Two | Emily Smith Pearce said, on 10/18/2013 8:35:00 AM
[…] help from his older sister on the hands. I love it! I think he must’ve been inspired by this robot display photo, sent to us by a friend while she was in London. The robot a continuation of the Cardboard […]
I participated in Tom Franck's sketchbookproject which has the theme Evil Giant Robots. "Cute" and "friendly" is more my line of country, so the end result is rather like an enormous mechanical clown toy, with just a soupçon of King Kong for good measure. Scary!
This sketchbook is traveling the world, with contributions by a mix of illustrators, children's book creators, and comic book artists. There's an enormous variety of participants (drawings by winners of the Caldecott, the Anderson prize and even the Oscar!!)—I saw robots by JonKlassen, Eliza Wheeler, Dan Yaccarino, Chris Rashka, Mary Azarian, Gary Baseman, Rodolfo Montalvo, and Emily Arnold McCully! And so many others, including...
Cute lil cats in a big bad mech stompin’ some pigs! I haven’t done a watercolor painting in a long time, so I thought I’d try my hand at it again. I think I might make this a series.
Evan Palmer, good gravy. More here. Wowee zowee. Oh and this, holy crap!
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I've traipsed through many a wood and have collected my share of pinecones, but never, never on any of my adventures have I come across a friendly, mechanized, working robot. I must be walking through the wrong kind of woods, because in Ame Dyckman's picture book world this scenario is entirely possible.
Simply and perfectly told with bold, eye-pleasing illustrations by robot-lover Dan Yaccarino, BOY + BOT is quite possibly the best robot picture book we've ever read (and believe me, we've read several). The story-line goes like this: Boy walks through the woods. Boy meets a big, red robot. Boy and robot problem-solve. Robot and boy become BFF. Now obviously there's more to it than that, like for instance both boy and bot have similar "misunderstood malfunctions" and need fixing, but to say any more would spoil the fun. Read the robot parts aloud in your best robot voice. Remark on all the fun things the robot and boy do together like swimming, apple-picking and rock-skipping. And remember, little boys do not need oiling, and never, ever feed your robot applesauce.
This book deservedly received starred review from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly. Take our word for it (and theirs), if you have a young, robot-loving child, BOY + BOT is for them and worth purchasing.
Fun fact: If you look closely at the illustrations in BOY + BOT you'll discover one of Yaccarino's creative additions to the story -- a light-bulb shaped, one-eyed robot that Ame Dyckman calls "Watt." Not surprisingly, illustrator Dan Yaccarino has a self-described "slight penchant for robots." He is also the author/illustrator of another robot picture book, If I Had a Robot, a story about a boy who dreams about all the things he could or wouldn't have to do if he had a robot. His robot illustrations have a retro, vintage look reminiscent of those tin wind-up robot toys from the past.
BOY + BOT by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Alfred A. Knopf / Random House (April 2012); ISBN 9780375867569; 32 pages Book Source: copy from our personal library
Sadly we have not discovered our own robot friend in the woods, so my son and I did the next best thing ... made our own robot out of LEGOs. Our LEGO collection is large and diverse enough to provide ample parts for robot building. We have eyes, connecting parts to make arms that swing and plenty of multi-sized, red blocks.
My son insisted that our BOT robot have a power switch in the back. Pair the LEGO bot with a boy mini-figure and let the book play-acting begin!
'"What's wrong?" the boy asked. The robot did not answer.
"Are you sick?" the boy asked. The robot still did not answer.
"I must help him," the boy said."'
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ZOMG you guys! Technical illustrator James Provost has created his own robot-intern. “IT CAN DRAW!! IT CAN DRAAWW!!!” It’s a bit like Spirograph-meets-Frankenstein. Well, I saw the movie, I know this will all end in tears! (Don’t miss the short video!)
Every Sunday I make the attempt to pry myself away from my computer, or whatever I'm drawing at that moment, and just go sit still for a while on the sofa. Taking a Break, I think it's called. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don't. Why do I force myself to do this? Because I've discovered that my one remaining brain cell truly needs that time in order to process everything I've seen, heard, smelt, touched and absorbed during the week ... and churn it all out into ideas for drawings.
I normally have my large Moleskine ideas journal with me, and just start doodling. Thinking processes are on pause (difficult for me to do I swear) and images are instead allowed to flow through freely. Some of them work and are turned into drawings, some become colourful doodles, others just die away or wait on the page to be rediscovered some other time. I thought I'd take you through one of those little doodle ideas and my attempt to bring it to life ...
Here's the first scribble on a small corner of the page:
I liked him. Not an original idea by any means but then what is, nowadays? Then I drew him again on a separate bit of sketchbook paper, and coloured him in roughly with marker pens:
After which I scanned him into Corel Painter and started the basic painting:
The finishing touches and a clean-up in photoshop:
After which I worked on opening up that little tummy cupboard to place a gift inside it:
is quite possibly the best robot picture book we've ever read (and believe me, we've read several). The story-line goes like this: Boy walks through the woods. Boy meets a big, red robot. Boy and robot problem-solve. Robot and boy become BFF. Now obviously there's more to it than that, like for instance both boy and bot have similar "misunderstood malfunctions" and need fixing, but to say any more would spoil the fun. Read the robot parts aloud in your best robot voice. Remark on all the fun things the robot and boy do together like swimming, apple-picking and rock-skipping. And remember, little boys do not need oiling, and never, ever feed your robot applesauce.
, a story about a boy who dreams about all the things he could or wouldn't have to do if he had a robot. His robot illustrations have a retro, vintage look reminiscent of those tin
What a cute ”READY SET DRAW”
The lesson was good from Dan and Katya’s picture was ok [ha ha] it was good
One question though -Did Dan and Katya call each other about what to wear? They match perfectly! [smile]
Love it!
patte
Thanks, Patte! Katya did very well. As you know from personal experience she is very talented. :D