O.K. Admittedly I’m running a bit on the late side with this one. I signed up for the Sketchbook Project 2012 months (and months) ago but, unlike the usual get-it-finished-way-before-it’s-due me, I’m getting the color done on these pages way too last minute for my blood pressure (it’s due Jan. 31). I would include the link for the project, but right now they’re signing …
Sketchbook Project 2012—Title Page #sketchbookproject
The next page in my Sketchbook Project sketchbook is inside the front cover and the title page (you didn’t think I wouldn’t have a title page, did you?). And here’s the post with the cover image (and an explanation about the Sketchbook Project, if you don’t already know what it’s about).
Sketchbook Project 2012 #sketchbookproject
Next year (next month!) I’ll be participating in the wildly successful Sketchbook Project, put together by the Art House Co-op and the Brooklyn Art Library. I know, I know, I sure waited a long time to jump on the wagon, but at least I’m not falling off of it. I posted my first sketch in an earlier post. The Sketchbook …
A Little Like Shaun Tan
A few weeks ago I finally made my way to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I wasn’t there to visit the place, although we have plans of returning next year for actual Gettysburg reasons. So much history. I feel so attracted to something there. But this post isn’t supposed to be about Gettysburg. I hauled my butt across half the state for an SCBWI …
Surviving a weekend
So I managed to survive the SCBWI conference in Gettysburg over the weekend. Gettysburg is such a fantastic place. I’d never been there, and can’t wait to go back. The history is heart-wrenching. I went on a ghost tour. I bought a bullet. I found a picture book in the same shop as the bullet only to see that it …
I finally saw North by Northwest
So I finally had a chance to see the Hitchcock classic North by Northwest a couple of nights ago, and I noticed some things. Not necessarily things that had anything to do with the plot or the directing or the acting. Things I noticed: People were skinnier in 1959. Or, Hitchcock only hired actors who were. I’m thinking a little …
September 11 has nothing to do with September 11
Ten years ago on September 11, 2001, my step daughter turned 21 years old. She was young. She was 21. She had planned on spending her birthday drinking with friends. But that evening the bars were closed, for reasons beyond any 21-year-old’s control. And suddenly it’s ten years later. So much has happened. And so much has changed. This morning …
#SketchbookProject: Harley sketch
I signed up to participate in Art House Co-op‘s 2012 Sketchbook Project and picked the theme, “Stitches and folds.” I’ve been sketching some of the pages while I’m at work, and here’s the first sketch I decided to add color to. (I’ll post the color version when it’s finished.) I wanted to have some character sewing something, and I tried …
Starting From Chicken Scratch
So I’ve been contemplating lately what my next move will be regarding my illustration career. As I blogged earlier, I don’t think the direction I was heading was quite the right direction I should be. It’s kind of hard to keep doing what you’re doing when what you’re doing isn’t doing anything. Isn’t that the definition of madness? Spinning your …
The Death of…@GrisGrimly?
If a major publisher can do this to Gris Grimly, what might a lesser publisher potentially do with someone like me? http://grisgrimly.blogspot.com/2011/05/death-ofme.html If you know anything about Mr. Grimly’s art (and if you don’t, take a look: http://www.madcreator.com/index.cfm), you know his palette is muted, earthtoned and perfectly suited to his work. I’m not sure of any details other than those …
Hairy Eyeballs Press! No! I’m not kidding!
I’m mulling around some considerations and thoughts and decisions, as writers tend to do and, although I can’t reveal some of the considerations and thoughts and decisions here, I can reveal a few. First off, I have a new logo I’d like to share without comment: Second off, I have a new Web site that only has a domain name at this …
Dancing in the Moonlight: Complete
Here’s the color version of the sketch I posted last week. I think he turned out pretty good, but I’ve been looking at him for so long I’m not sure anymore. He’s getting some positive feedback, so I’m thinking he might be O.K. He’ll be heading for a drink mix directory which will go out to art directors later this …