PIGNIC Sketches!

I had a tremendous amount of fun writing and illustrating PIGNIC. Here's a peek behind the scenes...

One of a million pig character sketches.

A sample from the initial thumbnail layout.

The dummy consisted of very small sketches drawn with Derwent Inktense pencils which are 

water-soluble. I liked the results so much that I used the same pencils for the final art.

You can find a copy of PIGNIC at your local bookstore or here.

The official PIGNIC launch party will be at Children's Book World on Saturday, June 2nd at 1 pm!

Brush with a Gorilla

Experimenting with Chinese brushes and Marie's watercolor on Sumi-e paper...

Ravens

Just playing around with a Winsor & Newton Ivory Black Water Colour Marker and my trusty water brush. Fun, but seems to fade quite a bit after a few minutes. Scan or take a photo quick, kids.

And just for fun...

Ready for Her Close-up

Exploring Tide Pools

A watercolor sketch from my recent vacation.

Panda #124

Water-soluble crayons are kind of neat.

Keaton studies

Here are some watercolor studies of young Buster Keaton and his dad for my next graphic novel. I'm using Cartiera Magnani hot press watercolor paper for this one. It is verrrry nice paper.

Another one

Ink, neocolor crayon, and watercolor.

Red Shirt, Red Cheeks

Faces

Running