What is Easter without more bunnies?! This is from an Easter card I did last year. …And I just noticed he’s missing whiskers!
Easter 1
I love playing with the icons and images that surround holidays, and Easter is no exception. Being a cartoonist and humorous illustrator, images of bunnies, egg, chicks, baskets, etc. are my favorites to draw from this holiday. So I think I will be decorating my blog frequently with past and present images I am working on or are related to Easter. And I may throw spring into that mix. We shall see!
I begin with a bunny. This one is rather traditional in style and has a pattern and icons that compliment. Fun!
Illustration Friday: “Talent”
Finally! A little something for Illustration Friday:
Click on the link above to see all the other entries. And be sure to enter something yourself!
Take A Sound Walk
Here’s a fun illustration that was published in a recent Highlights’ High Five magazine (January ’13, I think). The activity looks like a lot of fun! Try it by yourself or with children! And, as always, my thanks to the great people at Highlights!
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Free Valentine’s Day Greeting Card!
Yeppers, another freebie! And since cats are kinda a likeable image–Hee!–Here’s one with kitties showing love! Click on the image below for a pdf to print off. Be sure and follow the trim marks, etc. Thanks for coming by!
Highlights Illustration: “Ribbon Dancer”
I am blessed to get requests for small spot drawings. This is one I forgot about, too, for the September ’12 issue of High Five magazine. This little girl was for an activities segment and entitled “Make a Ribbon Dancer”. I’m half inclined to make one myself, it looks like so much fun!
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Illustration For Kids–Valentine’s Postcard Promo
Over at Illustration For Kids, we put out a super fun and cute promotional postcard with a Valentine’s theme! Below is the illustration I drew up for my space. I have a lot of variations and different ideas that did before I settled on this one, which I hope to share in other postings. But for now, this was the one I decided to use to represent myself.
So please go to our blog and check out the cool work by the ladies at Illustration For Kids!
Dance Like a Duck!
I’m a little late on posting some work that was publilshed in January, but here’s a fun piece I did for a spread in the January ’13 issue of High Five magazine. It’s entitled, “Dance Like a Duck!” The cool cover illustration is by the amazing Debbie Palen. Lots of music and dancing is in this issue, for sure! Thank you, Highlights for Children!
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Works In Progress
A smorgasbord of images I’ve been working on lately…
So Cold
A slight re-working of an old illustration. I dropped the temperature on the thermometer and added his breath-cloud. Or whatever that’s called.
Don’t go out, little squirrel!
Chirp! Chirp! A Cartoon Spread–Austrian Body-Painting Festival
Hi everybody! I have a few things that are out in print this month so I wanted to get them up on the blog.
First up is a spread I did for the Jan-Feb ’13 issue of Chirp magazine. This was a lot of fun to assemble and figure out, to have characters applying and wearing body paint. I learned a lot about the art form just doing research. Some samples of the spread are below. Thank you, Owlkids, for the fun project!
Closer…
Closer again.
Happy New Year!
A tad bit late but, hey. : )
Illustration Friday: “Glow”
My contribution to this week’s Illustration Friday prompt, “Glow”. The coloring is messy and ugly, but the idea was fun to try and pull off quickly.
Christmas Card #2
A reworking of an image/card from two years ago. This one is on my December promo postcard. Sure is a lot of fun to change this up from time to time and add new angels and animals, etc. My personal favorites are the dog-angel, cat-angel and mouse-angel!
Merry Christmas!
This is the final iteration of a piece I did for Illustration Friday a few weeks back, using the word-prompt “tree”. It went from a boy and dog in a tree, kids in a tree, SNOWmen in a tree, and now back to the first idea. And when I thought THAT was done, I added the boxes, bulbs, and ribbons. I think it’s finished. I have not had the urge to fix or change anything. A good sign! And now I’m using it for one of my Christmas cards this year. Merry Christmas!
