Kid

Illustration Friday: Invention

Pastel and color pencil added and then desaturated and cropped in Photoshop (to see the early stages of this illustration, go to the main page of my blog).

Process of Invention Pt. 4

The details are sketched in with color pencils and liquid acrylic is added to the background and lab coat.

Process of Invention Pt. 3

The final composition is sketched onto grey Rives BFK paper.

Process of Invention Pt. 2

Getting some character details...

Process of Invention Pt. 1

Step one: Thinking with the pencil.

Untrustees

Illustration Friday: Thanksgiving

Ah, the kids' table...

Fox in Sweater

Happy Children's Book Week!

I want to thank everyone who came out to Children's Book World on Friday night for their 15th Annual Author and Illustrator Night. It was packed with book lovers and book luminaries such as David Wiesner, Charles Santore, Nick Bruel, Judy Schachner, Roger Roth, Berit Haahr, Gene Baretta, and many others (like me). If you're looking to celebrate this week by picking up some great books, you can't go wrong with the good folks at Children's Book World (there may even be some autographed books still on the shelves).

Thanks to Pam McLean-Parker for taking my first "here-I-am-signing-a-book" photo.

Illustration Friday: Clear

Pip

Grouch

Feral Cheryl

Illustration Friday: Smoke

Everybody Hula Hoop

Washington Square Park, NYC

Skating

Pastel Mel