Grace has never ridden a horse before. Could Fancy be the perfect pony to ride?
Woohoo!!! Fancy, written by Kristin Earhart and published by Cartwheel Books (an imprint of Scholastic), is now available for sale! I get free copies, but I didn’t wait to wait and picked up my own copy at Barnes and Noble. Looks good!
If you have any children or are close to any children, you should definitely get this book and the rest of the books in the series for them, especially if they like horses! Click the book cover image for a link to the amazon page.
Finished! I’m not sure which I like better… the pencil or the colored version? Hmm! I also added another fairy, as you can see (:
The time has come! Tales of Woe by John Reed has been published and released into the world. Eleven artists illustrated the book, including myself and my friend Delia Gable. There are already a multitude of reviews of the book. They all mention how John looked at over 3000 artists to find the exact look he was going for… so I count myself and Delia lucky! Wow… 3000 artists? I had no idea.
Anyway, if you click the image it will take you to the Amazon page where you can learn more. It’s a very dark book, definitely not for children. And all of it is true.
Oh, and there’s also a pretty fun iPhone app that goes along with it!
Some reviews so far:
Publishers Weekly
Blogcritics
Brutal as Hell
Hi! Gasp, another portfolio piece! Maybe having a slow summer with illustration assignments is a good thing. I can really focus on what I actually want to make art of.
This is kind of an experiment. I made a nice sketch, scanned it, worked with it digitally, worked on some basic lighting. Now I’m going to print it onto drawing paper and work over it with pencil. Then I plan on scanning it again to color it digitally.
Anyway, something my portfolio needs, as I’ve said. An interior scene, multiple characters, fantasy. I already have any idea for another (a village market scene), and Becca and I are going to plan our next assignment for the Running With Paintbrushes blog. Wee!!
Trying to do more personal work now that I’m in a lull with illustration work (sigh!). Recently returned from San Diego Comic Con AND Gen Con Indy and have been getting a lot of great feedback about my work. Everyone loves Beauty and the Beast, and everyone loves the cover and windmill image from Nico’s Journey and most people really like the Babylon stuff too. All different styles, kind of. I don’t know what this means… so I figure I would try to do more pencil work in an ink style… maybe its kind of in between styles, a bit softer? I also need to build my black and white portfolio. Anyway, just playing around! Click to see it larger.
I think next I will work on another indoor scene. I love outdoor landscapes, but it can’t be all I do! 
New watercolor painting! From the Russian fairy tale, Baba Yaga. This is Vasilissa with her doll, and the sleeping witch behind her.
One version of the story can be read on the SurLaLune Fairy Tales website (what a fantastic site!)
In two days I am off to Comic-Con San Diego!!!!! My first time!
