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Oregon – writing and drawing

Posted in Illustration Techniques, Illustrators, Oregon, Portland Oregon, SCBWI, Sketch, childrens books, graphic novels, illustration, kids books, picture books, quick sketch, sketch book, tagged , , , on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Thursday night I spoke at the Willamette Writers meeting in Salem. It was a good time and I had an opportunity to meet lots of new Oregon writers and artists and discuss graphic novels.
I attended the Oregon SCBWI conference on Friday and Saturday and spoke for a bit about Graphic Novels again. It was a [...]

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more wagon art…I see a trend

Posted in Digital painting, Illustration Techniques, Photoshop Painting, Work in progress, character design, childrens books, illustration, picture books, tagged , , on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Another page from an abandoned project. But I was happy with the painting and the overall mood. I also liked the line in this drawing. I’ve been putting a lot of effort into keeping a line that looks natural, has a sense of humor to it and is loose.
In the context of the story; the [...]

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Diapers are funny.

Posted in Life with kids, Oregon, tagged on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Things I am learning from my 2, almost 3 year old.
You can be always hungry and never want to eat anything.
Pink is a good color. Good for “anything”.
Planet of the Apes (1968, Dir. by Franklin Schaffner  ) is actually pretty darn funny. AND, Monkey people probably only live in “the woods”. Nothing to fear, here [...]

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Just laying around

Posted in Digital painting, Photoshop Painting, childrens books, illustration, kids books, picture books, tagged on May 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Here’s a newish piece that never mad the cut for a project I had in mind.
I’m like that it doesn’t have a bright blue sky. It feels windy and blustery. Enough to pick the whole wagon up anyway. Spring, summer or autumn? I’m not sure…maybe autumn.

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