Couple Of Tries: Same Subject

My First Hardback Book!

"My Eight Book" was originally a 70's book with 70's style illustrations. This is the remake. I'm absolutely ecstatic about the design, printing and overall quality of this Scholastic book. Wow, they did a great job. Nothing compares to the excitement of opening the box full of sample books the publisher sends after you've finished a project. Nothing...

Color

Illustration for a quirky, but charming poem about dinos doing the dishes.

Sketch

Illustration Friday: Flavor

The Ice Cream Store

Oh, the kids around the block are like an
Ice cream store,
'Cause there's chocolate and vanilla,
And there's maple and there's more,

And there's butterscotch and orange--
Yes, there's flavors by the score;
And the kids around the block are like an
Ice cream store!

--Dennis Lee

Happy New Year Everyone!

Emma

My adorable niece is visiting for a few days!! Here are some sketches below. Hope everyone's having a nice holiday season!

Illustration Friday Theme: Imagine

For my very good friend, Rob M :0)

Red Riding Hood Final

Red Riding Hood

I like this slightly updated version of Red Riding Hood. Red is checking her watch and hurrying through the woods like she's a business woman in New York city. This was fun to do - I wanted something that was classic, but still a little different.

Illustration Friday Theme: Surprise

Dennis West thought of this poem for my illustration.  I've decided to post it--thanks Dennis!

XIV - Where Go the Boats?

Dark brown is the river,
Golden is the sand.
It flows along for ever,
With trees on either hand.

Green leaves a-floating,
Castles of the foam,
Boats of mine a-boating--
Where will all come home?

On goes the river
And out past the mill,
Away down the valley,
Away down the hill.

Away down the river,
A hundred miles or more,
Other little children
Shall bring my boats ashore.

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Pirate

The full-color version of this is going to be my Illustration Friday (theme: Surprise) submission :0)

Mr. B. B. Wolf

Night Skating Color

Night Time Skating

Blue Dragon, Blue Tear

Illustration Friday Theme:Blue

Some Dragon Sketches

I do almost all my sketches on typing paper. I like the bright white color and prefer the lightness of the paper. It makes me feel less like I have to "nail it" the first time for some reason....such strange mental blocks artists put on themselves ..... :0)

Risky And Georgia

I drew this picture of our two dogs for my Dad's Birthday present. Happy Birthday Dad!

Color

The Little Primper

Well, I have a feeling this is going to be way too late for illustration Friday this week (so I didn't post this on the IF site), but the theme (Small) inspired a drawing nonetheless, and that's what matters, right?

BTW Harry Potter 4 was very good! Lots darker than the first two, and even the third. I loved the dance scene, and the issue of Harry and Ron finding a date. Hilarious! Snape lived up to my expectations as always. He's one of my favorite characters in the movies (not the books though, he seems much darker and meaner in the books).