The nice people at the Greensburg Tribune-Review (writer Mary Pickels and photographer Scott Spangler) gave the Yikes! book a nice little write up. Mary took the time to talk to a few other people besides me, including Celia Naranjo, the Creative Director at Lark Books. Spanky took a great photo, but it looks like it didn’t make it to the …
Forwarded emails create SPAM
I know the people who think I would be interested in some email they’ve received aren’t trying to cause problems when they forward it to me, but it turns out they are. It’s not so much in that they are forwarding, it’s in the WAY they forward. This also includes any time an email is sent to everyone in an …
Forwarded emails create SPAM
I know the people who think I would be interested in some email they’ve received aren’t trying to cause problems when they forward it to me, but it turns out they are. It’s not so much in that they are forwarding, it’s in the WAY they forward. This also includes any time an email is sent to everyone in an …
Fontstruct
I’m signed up for the newsletter that FontShop puts out, and they’ve apparently been working pretty hard over there. It looks like they have a new font-building application on their site that lets you build fonts (albeit on a grid) that work on both Windows and Macs. It’s called FontStruct, and here’s the link: http://fontstruct.fontshop.com. Once you’ve created your font, …
New York
Well, we made it to New York and, although we were terribly rushed, we had a great time. We took the Amtrak in (about an eight-hour trip), went to our appointment at Scholastic the next morning and then off to our one-day conference and portfolio review in the afternoon. We had breakfast at Sarabeth’s the next morning, then back on …
Flash
Been learning Flash and loving it. I’m still taking baby steps, but I’ve got so many animations and Web sites in my head, I have to keep pushing myself to get there.
Violins on T.V.
I don’t want to come across as promoting fighting, I just want to acknowledge that it happens so I need to document that part of life. Please don’t fight. It’s really not going to solve anything.
One week more…
Well, for me, the semester is almost over. I’ve been teaching a Digital Imaging class for seven Saturdays now, and next week will be the last one for this class. After that, it’s nose to the grindstone to crank out some graphic design I’ve been putting off until I had more time. I’ve got two Web sites to put together, …
Strype
Here’s a girl I actually drew, I don’t know, maybe a month ago? I finally got around to scanning her in and posting her to my site. Her name is Strype, for somewhat obvious reasons.
January 2008
I won a pocket calendar for 2008 last November at a conference, but thought of a better use for it. A “Doodle a Day” maybe? “Calendar Doodles?” Either way, here’s January:
Firefly Chocolates
I just finished putting together a simple Web site for some nice people I know from Ohiopyle. They have a couple restaurants down there (The Firefly Grill and Highwaters Grill) that are open through the summer, and then they make chocolate goodies through the winter season. They just opened a shop at Seven Springs Mountain Resort a few weeks ago, …
Getting my act together
I’m trying to get my act together for the SCBWI Children’s Book Illustrator’s Conference in New York coming up in April. The set-up sounds interesting: Illustrators bring their portfolios and set them up and then leave them there to listen to speakers all day. The magic part happens after we leave the room; art buyers spend the day perusing the …