My acrylic and mixed-media on canvas painting, “The Song Came and Went,” was juried into the Images 2009 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts show at State College. This would be it.
Changing to all Rotty
After some soul-searching and cutting of losses, I’ve decided to ditch the marketing of my traditional illustration style in favor of 100% of my twisted illustration style. I still have the traditional portfolio up on my site in case there are any leftovers from past marketing campaigns who still want that style. But for the most part, I haven’t had …
Possible gorget
So last year about this time, we took a trip to Bar Harbor, Maine, to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary (we were married there at the top of Cadillac Mountain at sunrise). The first time we were there, I had found a piece of slate that I thought was interesting near the beach, and I brought it home with me. …
Dead Line
Here’s one of the latest things I’ve been working on. It’s a five-page graphic novel that follows a stumped graphic novelist as he is faced with a deadline “in five pages.” I used graphite (powdered and in pencil form) and Photoshop to get the effects I was looking for. The image posted here is page one. For those interested in …
Fontstruct
So I taught Typography last fall, and for a semester-long project, I had the four-credit students work out a font on the FontShop site, www.fontstruct.com. (If you haven’t made it over there yet, it’s a great site where you can create your own working typefaces.) One of the student’s typefaces was even chosen as a “Featured Download.” Here are links …
“Yikes!” featured on Storypockets
Check out the blog for the Children’s Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: http://storypockets.blogspot.com/2008/09/local-illustarator-nora-thompson.html They’ve given a little “heads up” to our “Yikes! Wow! Yuck!” book. Thanks, guys.
Em dashes and hyphens and editors—Oh my!
(Sorry in advance if I can’t get the punctuation working properly on this blog!) See, the thing I’m liking about editors—and this is coming from a Typography/Graphic Design instructor—is how they keep using em dashes properly. I’ve received two emails from editors over the past two days, and both included the correct use of em dashes. The one I got today …
March 2008
Doodle-a-day…not so much. Here’s March:
Giraffe polo
Here’s the latest. Just finished the polo illustration getting ready for the conference next month. I’m hoping to get at least one more finished by then. It kind of looks like I’m obsessed with giraffes right now. Not sure and too busy to weigh the consequences.
February 2008
My “Doodle a Day” pocket calendar has slowed a bit. I’ll catch up eventually. Here’s February:
Shop around
Well, I finally got a CafePress storefront put together with lots of stuff to show off all these kid’s illos. Here it is: www.cafepress.com/nora_thompson Lots of clothes, of course, for big and traditionally-sized kids, a tote bag, teddy bear, pet accessories, journal, mouse pad, mugs, cards, stickers, magnets–whew! I culled the images from both my traditional and twisted styles, and …
Wall Arch
I was pretty startled to hear the news about the falling of Wall Arch at Arches National Park in Utah. Here’s the National Park Service article. We made a trip out there two years ago, and that particular arch was one I remember well because of its proximity to the hiking trail. A stone wall blocked one side and the …