Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Snow!
Hey there blog-readers,
I hope all of you are enjoying a wonderful and bright holiday season. Today, we got our first taste of winter... it's snowing in Brooklyn! Weeee! Some of you might clarify it as "wintry mix" or "slush", but I'll take what I can get. Snow!!!!!!
And in honor of the snow, I thought I'd share a new piece from the season.
I'm excited to say that it was recently featured on Kathy Temean's amazing blog! She did a round-up and featured new work from many of her Illustration Saturday interviewees. Definitely take a moment to scroll through; there's some amazing work on the page. Thanks again to Kathy for the feature and for maintaing such an amazing resource for children's writers and illustrators!
I hope all of you are enjoying a wonderful and bright holiday season. Today, we got our first taste of winter... it's snowing in Brooklyn! Weeee! Some of you might clarify it as "wintry mix" or "slush", but I'll take what I can get. Snow!!!!!!
And in honor of the snow, I thought I'd share a new piece from the season.
I'm excited to say that it was recently featured on Kathy Temean's amazing blog! She did a round-up and featured new work from many of her Illustration Saturday interviewees. Definitely take a moment to scroll through; there's some amazing work on the page. Thanks again to Kathy for the feature and for maintaing such an amazing resource for children's writers and illustrators!
Happy Chanukah!
To all those who celebrated last night and who will be lighting candles for the next seven nights, chag sameach!
Wishing you a warm, bright holiday filled with light, magic, and a heaping plate of latkes!
Mother's Day
Happy mother's day to all of the excellent mama's out there!
I've been a bit quiet of late and will be taking a forced break from making things for the next few days... I had an unfortunate run in with a mason jar on Wednesday night. Two and a half hours and x-stitches later (I don't actually know how many... I wasn't looking when the doc stitched me up), my thumb looked like this:
Which means I've been working lefty, and this is pretty much what I can manage right now...
Happy Mother's Day!
I've been a bit quiet of late and will be taking a forced break from making things for the next few days... I had an unfortunate run in with a mason jar on Wednesday night. Two and a half hours and x-stitches later (I don't actually know how many... I wasn't looking when the doc stitched me up), my thumb looked like this:
Which means I've been working lefty, and this is pretty much what I can manage right now...
Happy Mother's Day!
Chanukah birdies
Hey there folks!
Another holiday process post about my promo piece. In that first post, I mentioned that I did two new pieces for my holiday promo this year. One was a small piece for the back - Christmas with Coco and Oscar - and the second, a new Chanukah related piece. I deliberately made the Chanukah piece slightly ambiguous. When you look closely, you might have an "aha" moment, but then again, you might not. You might just think it's a pretty spiffy winter-holiday-related painting of some penguins and a flamingo.
As mentioned in that first post, I came up with a vague idea for some holiday penguins, and I ran with them.
Here's a quick run through of the penguins and the beginning painting stages:
(Apologies for the crappy resolution/color balance. I'm having some trouble with my camera, and I neglected to scan the piece in-process. Oops.)
And we're done.
Another holiday process post about my promo piece. In that first post, I mentioned that I did two new pieces for my holiday promo this year. One was a small piece for the back - Christmas with Coco and Oscar - and the second, a new Chanukah related piece. I deliberately made the Chanukah piece slightly ambiguous. When you look closely, you might have an "aha" moment, but then again, you might not. You might just think it's a pretty spiffy winter-holiday-related painting of some penguins and a flamingo.
As mentioned in that first post, I came up with a vague idea for some holiday penguins, and I ran with them.
Here's a quick run through of the penguins and the beginning painting stages:
(Apologies for the crappy resolution/color balance. I'm having some trouble with my camera, and I neglected to scan the piece in-process. Oops.)
Penguins... check.
And we're done.
Sort of.
I actually ended up doing the entire piece over. First, I wasn't super happy with the flamingo. I thought he could be better. Second, I thought my Chanukah birds just might be tooooo ambiguous. Third, I wasn't thrilled about some of the color choices. So I adjusted the sketch and started the whole thing over. Success.
Happy eighth night folks!
Christmas Process
Today I'm going to share a bit of holiday process work.
My first step is always visual brainstorming. This is my favorite part of the process. I try a whole bunch of ideas and see which fits best. My first idea for this little project was a Chanukah Coco & Oscar image.
Nothing really seemed quite right, and I almost abandoned Coco & Oscar in favor of a handful of penguins. (Fear not, I didn't abandon the penguins entirely. They'll make a reappearance in a post next week...)
Until finally I tried combining holidays and came up with this.
And this...
After all of the brainstorming, I prep the final piece. I take my final sketch and do a really loose version on good paper.
I use those loose guides to do a new sketch on the good paper. At this point, I make any necessary adjustments to the characters and composition.
Once I'm happy with the characters, I can start painting.
Until finally...
Merry Christmas!
Sketchbook Thursday
Halloo dear blog-readers!
I've been working on a project recently that has necessitated sketching all kinds of fowl. Chickens and turkeys and geese oh my! Considering the season, it seems rather timely, so I'll share a bunch of my sketches. Stay posted for the finished illustration in the next few weeks.
Fowl prep work -
Turkeys!
Chickens, chicks, hens, and roosters
Gooses
Ducks
A wee thumbnail -
And the final sketch -
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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