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Friday, December 16, 2011 7:22:04 AM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Erik is making me blog:
Christy said, " I just discovered the wordpress app. (Thanks Erik) so now I don’t have an excuse not to blog. It’s been over a year, shameful!"
Saturday, September 25, 2010 5:16:24 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Sketchbook Project:
Christy said, "Sorry to those of you who follow my blog. It’s been over a year and I’m ashamed. BUT, it isn’t because I haven’t been working. There have been some projects that required me to keep images to myself. Hopefully, I will..." more
Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:27:46 AM
Christy Stallop left a comment on the event page for The Orange County Book Festival:
Christy said, "I want the space :)"
Thursday, August 6, 2009 7:10:29 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Wheels Book Dummy Complete!:
Christy said, "It feels great to finish a book dummy. Suddenly you find that you can think about other things, play with your kids… shower! All this extra time!!! I sent my agent a digital dummy, (Indesign makes it so easy) but I need a hands on..." more
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:15:15 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled quick sketch:
Christy said, "I didn’t get to sketch till this morning. Along with the other wheels I’ve done, I needed to sketch out one of the double page spread ideas. Hopefully this will be enough for Rosemary to move forward. I love this simple book more..." more
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:21:35 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Cartwheel:
Christy said, "This will be the only person/child in this series. Because it’s about wheels and locomotion, I decided to have the child face away from the viewer. This will keep the focus on the movement and not the individual. I’ve sketched out..." more
Monday, July 13, 2009 4:53:00 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Star Wheel:
Christy said, "This was the most fun wheel yet. I’ve looked up at the stars so many times in my life and I can even point out a few Constellations but to me the sky was too full of stars to make any real sense of it. I started drawing this star chart,..." more
Sunday, July 12, 2009 5:27:25 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Chris Barton’s “The Day-Glo Brothers”:
Christy said, " I had the pleasure of attending Chris Barton’s book signing at Book People this past Saturday. Chris was promoting his first published picture book “The Day-Glo Brothers” . It was so nice to see all the Local SCBWI peeps..." more
Thursday, July 9, 2009 2:30:28 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Wheels, Wheels and more Wheels!:
Christy said, "I never would have thought of doing a book on wheels. It something insignificant to me, yet what would we do without them? My friend Dianna thought up the concept. She sees things I don’t see, She thinks about things I don’t have time..." more
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 3:34:01 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Wheels Continued:
Christy said, "I used to play with these. They were hypnotic with their movement. Such a simple idea. This illustration is the third in a series of wheels. "
Friday, June 26, 2009 12:57:45 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Wheel Redo:
Christy said, "I’m not in a very cheerful mood….and it’s showing in my work. I redid the wheel illustration and I’m still not sure it conveys the happy, cheerfulness of going to an amusement park and riding the ferris wheel. I personally..." more
Monday, June 22, 2009 9:03:21 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Another Wheel:
Christy said, " Finally finished this wheel after many repaints. Still not completely satisfied with it. I’m going to put it away for a spell. Hopefully time will give me fresh eyes."
Monday, May 18, 2009 11:57:00 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD:
Christy said, "I’m working on a new book. It’s a simple book, which makes it complicated for me. The pains of editing effect illustrators as much as writers. The theme is pretty basic ..yet extraordinary, so how do I portray these things in a..." more
Sunday, April 12, 2009 4:51:32 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Painting:
Christy said, "I haven’t been illustrating, though I have two things I need to work on. Right now, I just want to paint so…I paint. I started a succulence series awhile back and never did much with it. I’ve recently returned to my cacti and..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2009 11:30:21 AM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Hockey Finals - return of my time.:
Christy said, " My boys are finishing up their hockey this week. It’s always bitter sweet. I’m happy that I’m not always at the rink …in winter clothes (even though it’s 80 outside) But I will miss seeing my kids play on the ice...." more
Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:05:33 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled IF “Time”:
Christy said, "Ok, it’s Thursday, at 7:05 PM. I’m running out of time to post my illustration friday. The theme, time. Time… what does it mean? So many ways to interpret time. Time for an appointment, running late …..." more
Saturday, February 7, 2009 3:26:42 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled I Have the Greatest Friends:
Christy said, "I teach at a small charter school. I don’t want to go into it too much but our school needs every penny that they can get. For this reason, some extra perks that other schools get are simply out of our reach. For example, having..." more
Saturday, January 17, 2009 8:20:17 AM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Illustration Friday “pale”:
Christy said, "I cleaned my art room and decided to do a quick illustration for IF. The word is pale. Again, no pressure, just get something out. There is nothing amazing at all about the illustration (at all), but I find it funny. So there! I plan on..." more
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:53:31 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Tribute to my friend Erik:
Christy said, " I’m goin go miss you Dog A Day! Erik, you have had so many clever and unique ways to draw dogs. Speckled, puzzled, spotted, and bare, twisted, polished, sweet, geometric, cartoon, manga, photo real, devilish and the list goes on..." more
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:53:31 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Tribute to my friend Erik:
Christy said, " I’m going to miss you Dog A Day! Erik, you have had so many clever and unique ways to draw dogs. Speckled, puzzled, spotted, and bare, twisted, polished, sweet, geometric, cartoon, manga, photo real, devilish and the list goes on..." more
Monday, December 29, 2008 2:59:13 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Sketches:
Christy said, "I’m sketching and brainstorming for a book I’m doing with Dianna Aston. This one is going to be hard for me as it’s going to take a part of my brain that I don’t use very much. The logical-mathy part. Scary times..." more
Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:56:51 AM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled A Christmas Cold:
Christy said, " Over the last three months I’ve had a torn meniscus, surgery that didn’t work, two colds, a fractured coccyx, staff infection in my nose and now, another cold. These are the reasons I haven’t been productive. I feel they..." more
Monday, November 17, 2008 3:47:51 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled Sedona:
Christy said, "Picture I took from the road on our drive. My mother and I take a trip together every year. Many times we go to Sedona, Az. We both like to hike and made plans to do some interesting treks. Unfortunately, before we left, I tore my meniscus..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:10 PM
Christy Stallop wrote a blog post titled I love Monsters!:
Christy said, "I’m working on an interactive picture book dummy that developed from my participation in the Sketchbook Project last year. It was creatively freeing to work on something called a sketchbook. For me, a sketchbook ment nothing more than..." more