PaulaSorry to be slow to blog this week. Work has been keeping me very busy, but here's a crop/sample of a 2-page spread that I just finished up. It's about a party, Valentine's, hugs, kids, gray-haired people, and silly things. I will post the final version in February, when it's in print. Later!
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Photos From the Week
To get some exercise, I've been taking daily walks in the area. Sometimes I'm out in the early mornings, other times in the afternoon. The Pointe Claire Village is a beautiful place for walking, as you get many fine views of the St. Lawrence River to motivate you onward. So this week I took some ...
Thanksgiving Food Exchange Puzzle
Okay...Last printed sample for a while (I think). And this one is appropriate in that it's just in time for Thanksgiving (in the USA) this Thursday. Created for the November '09 issue of ClubHouse Jr. Magazine, this is a "what's the difference between these two images?" kind of puzzle. So if you have a few ...
Highlights' HighFive Spread: "Duck Town"
Some more samples of published illustration work I did this year. The spread below was done for Highlights for Childrens' magazine HighFive, the June '09 issue. Yeah, I'm kind of late posting this one (too). Same reason I gave in the previous post: I didn't get the sample magazine until my recent trip to Texas. So ...
Samples: Highlights Magazine
I am behind on posting some samples of illustrations I did for Highlights magazine this year. Short story is that I get my samples sent to Texas so there's usually a delay to my actually seeing the printed pieces. Anyhoo, below are two spreads and a spot. Thanks Highlights! You're always a pleasure to work ...
Things I Love/Miss About Texas 2
Waiting in hole-in-the-wall taqueria's.... ...for food like this. That's a sope. It's a rare find, even in South Texas! Sunday drives in the country where you see the likes of this... And this:
Things I Love/Miss About Texas
(Yesterday's lunch from Howard's BBQ, down town Corpus Christi Texas. Thanks, Buck & Jimmy!)
Samples: Bats in Cave
For the October 2009 issue of Click magazine (part of the Cricket/Carus children's magazine series), I was asked to created some cartoony bat to accompany and article entitles, "Inside Caves". The bat is giving a tour of his cave-home, and wearing appropriate attire to what he's talking about at each juncture of the ...
Rainbow Over the Bay
Beautiful rainbow over Corpus Christi Bay late this afternoon.
Church Sketches: Christ Point In November
It's been a while since I've done any church sketches, but I had the opportunity to do so this weekend when I visited Christ Point in Corpus Christi, TX. Several of my good friends go here so when I'm in town, this is one of the churches I ...
Oldies: Bicycle Tour Sketch 2
Another sketch from June 1986, during a bicycle tour in Central Texas. I drew this at noon on June 9th at Blanco State Park, in Blanco, Texas. The park is named for the refreshingly cold Blanco River that is the central feature of the park. I'm guessing ...
Illustration Friday: "Skinny"
Skinny girls posing to make the word "skinny". This is a bit of warm up drawing. I'm having a difficult time adjusting to my smaller Cintiq and laptop to draw on. I have yet to figure out why the same brushes I use on my main computer don't ...
Sketches: Gymnastics Warm Up
My father turned the very big nine-0 yesterday so I've been in South Texas spending time with him and other family members. So far it's primarily just been a time of enjoying hanging out together. Today I had my first opportunity to watch my niece (who lives in Pennsylvania and came down to see her ...
Oldies: Bicycle Tour Sketch 1
It's a little busy here this week so I thought I'd post some old sketches. This sketch (below) is another from the bicycling tour I took a few decades ago. I quote myself here, from an earlier posting: Many moons ago (1986...), I used to do a LOT of bicycle touring. The kind where you ...
Illustration Friday: "Frozen"
I tried out a lot of ideas until I just decided the simpler the better.
Warm Up: A Beatle
I've been Beatles-obsessed the past month or so. Maybe it's all the new Beatles products that have come out (The Beatles Rock Band gameplay, the remastering of their catalogue...) that's got me interested in exploring them afresh. Also, with today's internet you can easily explore The Beatles history, music, ...
Warm Up: Teens At Locker
I'm working at getting into the studio earlier in the morning (verses mid-morning) so I can get more done. I'm hoping this will help me knock things off my 'to-do' list. And there is MUCH to do. Like little drawings like this 'un.
Silly Willy!
Wow. The week is just flying by. I do want to post something before the weekend so I'm putting up the other leveled reader I did for Oxford University Press' BOLDPRINT Kids Graphic Reader series: Silly Willy! Written by Michelle Shalton (and illustrated my moi), Silly Willy follows the story of a little girl ...