PaulaThis is a recent spread I worked on for Clubhouse Jr. magazine's May 2010 issue. The art director asked for me to do a number of simple spots as well as the title to add to a young girl's "travel journal". I was to simulate a style that she herself might do if she ...
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Samples: “Happy Hugs”
Hey all. Another illustration for a kids' magazine. This time it's for Focus on the Family's Clubhouse Jr., the February 2010 issue. I blogged a little about this in early December when I was working on it. These big and busy scenes are time-consuming but awfully fun to do! In the case below, ...
Thanksgiving Food Exchange Puzzle
PaulaOkay...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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Samples: "Family Night" Spread
Here's a little something for ClubHouse magazine that I worked on back during my December crunch. I knew this art director liked the line art heavy so that's what I did here. My way of doing that is to make a duplicate layer of the line work, which is on a separate layer than ...