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Archive for June, 2009

Optical Illusions

Posted in Optical Illusion, tagged on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A very interesting optical illusion. Posted on Richard Wisemans’ blog. Worth looking at.
The human eye has it’s ‘ticks’. You can’t always trust what you see. If you’ve ever had to participate in a police photo selection (looking for someone you saw for only a moment or two) you quickly realize how limited our visual recall [...]

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Recent work

Posted in Digital painting, Illustration Techniques, Paintings, Photoshop Painting, Visual Development, Work in progress, childrens books, illustration, picture books, tagged , , , on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I used this on the cover of a recent promotion. It started off as a sample for a story I am working on and took off as a piece on its won. This usually doesn’t happen with my work. I am pretty tied to narrative and my work resonates best when within a story. But [...]

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The Book That Eats People

Posted in Digital painting, Tricycle Press, childrens books, collage, kids books, picture books on June 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

A picture book I illustrated for Tricycle Press will be out this Fall, it’s called The Book That Eats People. I saw the catalog ad for it and I was really happy that they used the spread (below) in promoting the book. It is one of my more favorite spreads from the book. And yes, [...]

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Here and there

Posted in Traveling on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Just got back from two weeks of travel. New York, Boston, Portland Maine, New Hampshire, the list goes on. Met some great people and enjoyed some wonderful weather. I snapped a few pictures in New York City. The giant Hello Kitty was overwhelming. Along with the other characters that stood 16 feet tall or so. [...]

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