tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62074733890121238942024-03-12T21:01:26.172-07:00Picture Books Anonymousfor those helplessly addicted to picture book illustration & narrativeChiuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13375137598312709642noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-24736560332577580512011-12-02T00:08:00.000-08:002011-12-02T00:08:25.496-08:00good idea katie!<div><br />
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(Not Tristram's)<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CtwioJTmF4g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH92HeNiPD4_5Fh861DWDEWBBdNAxr3xdg2RMqVENo4bbgAt0i6dmDHSyolaXn6LvZ7Mh2nTzWs6qDfdH0_5LoynJQZzqM26AxpY_gw5t1xvhmohMKw_kJ5EdqW3Z6GtTcEUvg8WmOSlRH/s1600/img205.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH92HeNiPD4_5Fh861DWDEWBBdNAxr3xdg2RMqVENo4bbgAt0i6dmDHSyolaXn6LvZ7Mh2nTzWs6qDfdH0_5LoynJQZzqM26AxpY_gw5t1xvhmohMKw_kJ5EdqW3Z6GtTcEUvg8WmOSlRH/s320/img205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680926987861183010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBui_HDBtpStHg4ozIa80BEEjv6PmfVkygX2m05GaYvM3Q9kW8R1lIPWs5yQ8InydW-Os6AjTs_EYRy5YZzvYQyHWPSSJxuOauiBmEaXm-aA6nOdma4RCWuh2VHy2eZuJFSPubFnmnztgv/s1600/img204.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ePcZsQMaod7LLsuAxY9AtVh94ujogL7ARGbO4AA8H9U19R_gpuCROdKvNddj3yecF9gnOijf7Sj2BdwNKlRSXXa6vfgpzOGHmitPivYKnAHJZjJOYt372RIG_yQzkCW9W_aCoIvvIk-k/s320/img202.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680926966174885202" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u>Above are some images I've been working on for my new story.</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u>Its about hairy Harry and how he finds a monster in his wardrobe.</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u>Its explained in a fairly brief page by page description in the video.</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u>I did these in the opposite order than they appear.</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u>Thanks!</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u>Katie</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>I don't know why all of this is underlined, or how to stop it.</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>trissingtonbaskervillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314627533734106073noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-49866653179341448922011-11-30T12:15:00.001-08:002011-11-30T12:15:45.973-08:00Here is a snippet of the mine scene!<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0t3TUiaVp5I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>trissingtonbaskervillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314627533734106073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-70937456561984139252011-11-30T09:08:00.000-08:002011-11-30T12:02:47.658-08:00Cartoonimation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2LNvAd78mIMmFA-46wcm2tDUNlXU_5d5R3rlk-nOstfJvzu8OLjCtVElLOUQjiZMfu5dDL6ufqGXYCwTlZ7wDgLIoQFlEtHPD4_9mtOzapdI3ELSsb_DlL-gImrF2HjnjHs8Jsw308Am/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-30+at+19.58.49.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7w2eBwd04Vb0RcMJPu5UXZ38S8XkHH-kMaLae2X5eBwRoFCC1yb6mLFE6QHkfBu3r8CTh2yvCTwKYOCHBAZ1KQdIZPAD2GjJMJcgbIDheBE0VW7OpvO99RntX8TAJ3J7Fk6Z-8MkgJyJ8/s320/Screen+Shot+2011-11-30+at+17.05.16.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680838023547169202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_lqyUdkoe69XGUKa1GTFkJ-jZTmlRqzLbMbg4l324bI4AMARQ1CEyNC1HmGgoUbQEJo4NPwQO1se1hO6CE8jczjMTjKuk6rGjraxlUj0t7yFiuCC9bTF5aBVR3PTHdfbhLIxU9rbKnSk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-30+at+17.04.28.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_lqyUdkoe69XGUKa1GTFkJ-jZTmlRqzLbMbg4l324bI4AMARQ1CEyNC1HmGgoUbQEJo4NPwQO1se1hO6CE8jczjMTjKuk6rGjraxlUj0t7yFiuCC9bTF5aBVR3PTHdfbhLIxU9rbKnSk/s320/Screen+Shot+2011-11-30+at+17.04.28.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680838007937018146" /></a><br />Hi All, Here is a catch up of what i have been up to in the last week.<div>Basically it's an awful lot of drawing, water colouring and scanning.. There are lots of props and scenery pieces to create too, but i am happy with the consistency of it all.</div><div><br /></div>trissingtonbaskervillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314627533734106073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-91704173726362816842011-11-28T12:09:00.000-08:002011-11-28T12:14:49.237-08:00badabing on a wacom!finished page (pop up still needs doing) just tried adding some handwritten text. I like the text centred at the top as it makes an impact but the text at the side will probably need to be smaller when its printed. And my handwritings a bit messy! OH and rubbish photo, need to use uni a3 scanner.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ww0nNYFGDRQ" width="560"></iframe></div>Lisa Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523807971055431775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-42931828747419919412011-11-01T11:47:00.000-07:002011-11-01T17:14:03.227-07:00A video of my processsess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today i made my end papers - and filmed the process! It was very fun to make :) I did print the green paper as well so might add that in at a later date.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31443601?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/31443601">Stop-frame animation of making picture book illustration</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9113077">Jasmine Hortop</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934372452680931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-2151156363921775892011-10-17T13:43:00.000-07:002011-10-17T13:43:52.103-07:00Kevin WaldronAmazing picture book artist <span style="font-size: small;">and author of </span><br />
<h2 class="review"><span style="font-size: small;">Mr Peek and the Misunderstanding at the Zoo</span></h2><br />
<a href="http://www.kevinwaldron.co.uk/">http://www.kevinwaldron.co.uk/</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">In this book Pelham uses the cut of the paper, the engineering, and how it transpires with the light all to his advantage. Although it may look very complicated its all based on a series of simple folds (but gets very complicated when its all put together!) . It was really good to look at when beginning the project as I want to really feel comfortable with the engineering before I start incoroprating illustrations into them as well, but hopefully thats not far off :) I'm having fun introducing colour at the moment! </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934372452680931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-50102411871561484122011-09-04T09:32:00.000-07:002011-09-08T16:16:25.284-07:00Velociraptor development for picture book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> I have chosen to focus on dinosaurs and move away from dragons. I will be producing illustrations for an information/category book on dinosaurs and I have decided to start with a species called velociraptor, made famous by the Jurassic park films. There are more drawings to come including some drawings of raptors in interesting positions and angles. The drawings so far I am happy with although they have all come out as darker images. This could be because I am using a mechanical pencil that I only have one shade for. The images are fairly consistent with each other but i feel detail is lost because of this.<br />
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<div>I will also be drawing diagrams of how the raptors kill their prey and also a diagram of their scale. These are just some drawings so far. I will need to think about the text to accompany the drawings and also layout for the book for example double page spreads. I will continue to draw and hopefully improve the quality as i progress.<br />
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These are my original sketches from before. It was here I was deciding wether to go more realistic or do my own take on the dragons skin and going for more of a simple pattern that iv'e used in previous work. so i'm just showing were I am at the moment, trying to get more realism into my drawings. i think this is one of the main things I have realised from doing this project and also the fact that i need to be drawing the bigger picture and not just focusing on one thing. I will be putting the drawings up of the scenes soon with a more realistic take on them. Any comments or advise on what i'm doing would help thanks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-49421497050356750962011-07-04T08:55:00.000-07:002011-07-04T08:55:00.703-07:00Beauty and the beast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8HEjQUhAH3uevXKK3hUtG-EOdgomlAmiU1Z3_nTaTLS9cgQ5_nfQNDKuOdBkdh6bausBpn-6X8zHoZtlJlT-3q8JCCWtqu3B5b4DwYVFD-V0wOqBULhhMENzo5ScKmrG5bq1ViaUMw/s1600/test+page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8HEjQUhAH3uevXKK3hUtG-EOdgomlAmiU1Z3_nTaTLS9cgQ5_nfQNDKuOdBkdh6bausBpn-6X8zHoZtlJlT-3q8JCCWtqu3B5b4DwYVFD-V0wOqBULhhMENzo5ScKmrG5bq1ViaUMw/s320/test+page.jpg" width="232" /></a></div>Scene with Belle approaching castle.Tim Emenyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01509600879983716753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-42136858441726698852011-06-20T08:07:00.000-07:002011-06-21T13:03:46.406-07:00Dragon with background<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0yIzkrDJ2Ds/Tf9hQik8kKI/AAAAAAAAANk/58qkAgnvMns/s1600/dragon+and+background+unfinished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0yIzkrDJ2Ds/Tf9hQik8kKI/AAAAAAAAANk/58qkAgnvMns/s640/dragon+and+background+unfinished.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have attempted a background, trying to get the balance right so it doesn't all merge together. but may try </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">using pencil as well as just pen and try to get some grey tones in there. but i will photocopy and experiment. any feed back would be grand. for the next pieces i will include more characters interacting in a scene and see how that goes but this one is just the dragon and his castle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K59lc1ymBBY/TgDAr8jER9I/AAAAAAAAANo/TpJJ1gM6BbA/s1600/dragon+castle+final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K59lc1ymBBY/TgDAr8jER9I/AAAAAAAAANo/TpJJ1gM6BbA/s640/dragon+castle+final.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is it more detailed i may photocopy it and see what the trees look like black then the dragon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">may stand out more. image is also slightly slanted because i had to take a photo, need an a3 scanner still looking at the moment. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-76518638362478849622011-06-11T15:39:00.000-07:002011-06-11T16:18:32.830-07:00Initial ideas...<span style="font-weight: bold;">Initial ideas....</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnETd4E9k5TFn-px4yfjdZEu7fVaD6v78xL7nHif4vQMS7KeF3NycdOQXGazKf2dToS0w7f6znHvRgUtTWxvUUaxCZbG41PDRRmZo0VhJKcMyIjAj5ZeQis3zrEoVNMbEQAbmpV3Ixv2w/s1600/beastruth1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnETd4E9k5TFn-px4yfjdZEu7fVaD6v78xL7nHif4vQMS7KeF3NycdOQXGazKf2dToS0w7f6znHvRgUtTWxvUUaxCZbG41PDRRmZo0VhJKcMyIjAj5ZeQis3zrEoVNMbEQAbmpV3Ixv2w/s320/beastruth1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617101781105316354" border="0" /></a>After researching into the story and the author i decided i wanted to go with making the characters more modern, putting them in more recogniseable clothes etc. <br /><br />The Enchantress: disguised as homeless woman...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHLoCn7xLC1D4Ktd0kb0KqojjaK9LmRJ2H8rGAk6tMp8TzdxIFCmMxJd18ZzYv5ooR0_Re7yRT0LPMhKJK7wsxCBANCQihXcKrJfTziXsiGk0SiHQ0o9AzKjNcuoYX9SBWvFl_F40iak/s1600/beastruth2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHLoCn7xLC1D4Ktd0kb0KqojjaK9LmRJ2H8rGAk6tMp8TzdxIFCmMxJd18ZzYv5ooR0_Re7yRT0LPMhKJK7wsxCBANCQihXcKrJfTziXsiGk0SiHQ0o9AzKjNcuoYX9SBWvFl_F40iak/s320/beastruth2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617101788595925026" border="0" /></a><br />Beauty:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgWnbyxEqyqKVxMd8iRjOOO4mtqbHwXFQKM5Ny6zKIlPrK1SliGbkI2qDFip48Kj0-KYg8XCtrzrhOyhcOAFIfY_Qt30FVWQD10wkzA-jmzjv5YIFPKRh6ecyNVLWlYLBzRC3_aeZcMw/s1600/beastruth3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgWnbyxEqyqKVxMd8iRjOOO4mtqbHwXFQKM5Ny6zKIlPrK1SliGbkI2qDFip48Kj0-KYg8XCtrzrhOyhcOAFIfY_Qt30FVWQD10wkzA-jmzjv5YIFPKRh6ecyNVLWlYLBzRC3_aeZcMw/s320/beastruth3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617101793470256194" border="0" /></a><br />Pre-Beast: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjo497jCrdrok1IzJvIRTCodJljkJHd3djfuWthLwV8hgvF-1yvf5G07E19nFaCSW5bcNLJeFgFOKWD9FB4sWoIhcPRN34dWIATBYzgtxvZHNEtoD44O31AmhVbJWdoR4Nv-F0IYkLhWA/s1600/beastruth4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjo497jCrdrok1IzJvIRTCodJljkJHd3djfuWthLwV8hgvF-1yvf5G07E19nFaCSW5bcNLJeFgFOKWD9FB4sWoIhcPRN34dWIATBYzgtxvZHNEtoD44O31AmhVbJWdoR4Nv-F0IYkLhWA/s320/beastruth4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617101799749427842" border="0" /></a><br />Im still experimenting with characters, these are the best out of a bunch so far. Probably focus on the Beast for a while and other main characters... any feedback/advice would be appreciated :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHLoCn7xLC1D4Ktd0kb0KqojjaK9LmRJ2H8rGAk6tMp8TzdxIFCmMxJd18ZzYv5ooR0_Re7yRT0LPMhKJK7wsxCBANCQihXcKrJfTziXsiGk0SiHQ0o9AzKjNcuoYX9SBWvFl_F40iak/s1600/beastruth2.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnETd4E9k5TFn-px4yfjdZEu7fVaD6v78xL7nHif4vQMS7KeF3NycdOQXGazKf2dToS0w7f6znHvRgUtTWxvUUaxCZbG41PDRRmZo0VhJKcMyIjAj5ZeQis3zrEoVNMbEQAbmpV3Ixv2w/s1600/beastruth1.jpg"><br /></a>Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848318028874027099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-87679480027313111642011-06-09T15:21:00.000-07:002011-06-09T15:21:35.829-07:00some inspiration Good to see a few sketches already posted up, I thought you could look at the following website, for a variety of visual styles, but especially in the way these illustrators sketch out ideas :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_733554266">http://twisted-genius.squarespace.com/journal/category/motivation-monday</a><span id="goog_733554264"></span><span id="goog_733554265"></span>Chiuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13375137598312709642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-8678523791470392182011-06-09T06:46:00.000-07:002011-06-09T06:46:07.698-07:00Character drawing for BelleDecided to go for the traditional feel towards the story, Keeping a 1700's look. <br />
Now im going to try to arrange the character into scenarios aswell as working on the other characters.<br />
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I've decided to go with having the Beast as a more humanoid animal rather than a mythical beast.<br />
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This drawing of the Prince was meant to be a starting point to give an idea of his appearance, I'm working on drawing more versions of him since this is quite flat but I won't be able to post them until I'm back in a week.<br />
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Haven't got many angles since I haven't got round to putting the characters more in situation, more colour will be added eventually. I've also got ideas for another few characters if they're needed in my development - but these four are my favourites to work on further at the minute.Lauren Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11867548144702008032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-40144367019872714992011-06-05T09:04:00.000-07:002011-06-05T13:29:46.284-07:00Initial Beast Character drawings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Looking at using a dragon as the beast, working on some other drawings with the dragon illustrated in a scene with beauty and also more 3d looking drawings, these are the first drawings any advice would be appreciated.</span><br />
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Does anyone know which version we're illustrating? Or have any suggestions of how this can be solved?Lauren Streethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11867548144702008032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-38273779747726578352011-05-12T08:34:00.000-07:002011-05-15T18:56:25.985-07:00Eric CarleObviously we all know who Eric Carle is but did you all know he has a blog?! It's got some really interesting bits and pieces- I especially liked this post about the rejects he makes, the things that didn't make it into books: <a href="http://ericcarleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/rejects.html">http://ericcarleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/rejects.html</a><br />
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Enjoy! xUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-29221685457267773052011-05-11T10:37:00.000-07:002011-05-11T10:40:54.151-07:00Cheltenham awards extended!<div><br /></div><div>Ayup folks! So today was a nice day of finishing off the Cheltenham awards piece and then I found out, the deadline has now BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 23RD!</div><div>Kind of dismayed to find I've been working my ass off and didn't need to put quite as much pressure on myself, but now I might well go back and explore some other ideas...maybe even submit two pieces DAYUM!</div><div><br /></div><div>Just thought I'd share in case anyone was starting to panic!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.cheltenham-illustration-awards.com/">http://www.cheltenham-illustration-awards.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>xx</div>louillustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15936319754188157368noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-705324725186390392011-05-05T03:32:00.000-07:002011-05-05T03:40:08.114-07:00Different fonts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCyym1dWGL6XdCmLeNeZ7UTRZCmgCym_fPnqhiP9YDP_gk8Br24Qfhqe4xvBsb8CBrTYMlcN1oH5TNtTrggrMLUITgm7OSq0k3tl58QDs2hqFdV31TNSYCErc_4JnYsWBjuGrlxxfl32k/s1600/page4bfont2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCyym1dWGL6XdCmLeNeZ7UTRZCmgCym_fPnqhiP9YDP_gk8Br24Qfhqe4xvBsb8CBrTYMlcN1oH5TNtTrggrMLUITgm7OSq0k3tl58QDs2hqFdV31TNSYCErc_4JnYsWBjuGrlxxfl32k/s320/page4bfont2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603179673567162946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigimK35V4uRL3tDA7c1YN5l64s6wqmWykdu7qvDaCWNuK4yzdjZv1ntbu3P2seQ-r8fII2chFUG_eW2jKCKtDf4gEfqe-6VIa-TZsP8U3ZEISEBmxavEUepLLlzNbBhvA7SjonxbncXIbV/s1600/page4bfont.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigimK35V4uRL3tDA7c1YN5l64s6wqmWykdu7qvDaCWNuK4yzdjZv1ntbu3P2seQ-r8fII2chFUG_eW2jKCKtDf4gEfqe-6VIa-TZsP8U3ZEISEBmxavEUepLLlzNbBhvA7SjonxbncXIbV/s320/page4bfont.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603179665654250818" border="0" /></a><br />A couple of different fonts for my Rabbit story, I'm thinking of using the top one which is the same font as my Birds book.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-22948003576160001382011-03-29T13:24:00.000-07:002011-03-29T13:25:15.901-07:00Moustache cat<div><br /></div><div>Not at all related to anything, but heres a cat with a moustache...relaxing.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBz46FNQ0MKyJ4hC2ef5oD_6UyOabQN_2G3uPyOQ-iJLsfoGqsRrXAynSkwpHzZvn_Lk7tf8U0c2Knaeo3BnqFoZVDvgkJO10xwvJIZMvgNBBjFCamzRhKPzLU0bCjdEdiJQxIplmcpQ/s1600/m+cat.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBz46FNQ0MKyJ4hC2ef5oD_6UyOabQN_2G3uPyOQ-iJLsfoGqsRrXAynSkwpHzZvn_Lk7tf8U0c2Knaeo3BnqFoZVDvgkJO10xwvJIZMvgNBBjFCamzRhKPzLU0bCjdEdiJQxIplmcpQ/s320/m+cat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589600436044559922" /></a>louillustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15936319754188157368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207473389012123894.post-50768621152099220042011-03-28T11:04:00.000-07:002011-03-28T11:09:20.293-07:00new story!Ive taken your advice chiu and decided to do a smaller side project to keep myself from getting too bogged down with the owl and the pussycat. As I've used a found story for my other book, I decided to try my hand at writing my own story this time. I quite like it! I'm not sure how many pages I will actually do to a finished state, or even how many pages it will be at this point! But here is the story..<br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';">Home, Sweet Home<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Henry the hedghog was very lost. That morning he had left his mum to go sunbathe in his usual sunny spot, when suddenly he was picked up by something much bigger than him, and started travelling at much faster speeds than was normal for hedgehogs like Henry! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Henry rolled up into a little ball and hoped it would all be over soon. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">But next</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">…</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> THUD</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">…</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> THUD THUD THUD THUD </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">…</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.. BUMP!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">At least that</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">s what he thought had happened.. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Owwwww</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> moaned Henry. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">See, ever since that bump Henry couldn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t really remember </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">…</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> anything!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">He couldn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t remember his way back home, and thinking about it, he couldn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t even remember what his home looked like!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Glumly he stumbled along wondering if he would ever see his brothers or sisters again, and after a couple of hours of hedgehog paced wandering, Henry hadn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t gotten any closer to finding them. He sat back and started to cry.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh what ever could be the matter?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> a big badger had come over </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">–</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> even bigger than whatever had picked him up that morning!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Well</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">…</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> I cant remember what my home looks like!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> he sniffed.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh dear..! How about you come see where I live, maybe it will ring some bells.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Kindly said the badger, who led him down a hole, and down, and down, and down!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">OH, I don</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t think this is right. It</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">s much too dark, and way too big for me!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Henry thanked the badger and carried on his journey.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Before long Henry got talking to a blackbird.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Maybe you live where I live! Come on, I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ll show you</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> She took him in her claws up, and up, and up! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It was very spiky and.. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">OH I don</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t think this is right. It</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">s much too high, I don</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t like it at all!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The blackbird gently put him back down on the ground, Henry thanked her and carried on his way. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Looking around him, Henry tried very hard to think of his home</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">…</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> He didn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t think it was high in a nest like the blackbird, but it seemed much too dark and underground in that burrow with the badger too. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">You look lost</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> said a caterpiller who had wriggled up beside Henry without him noticing </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Can I help?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Henry explained his bump, his memory loss, and how now he couldn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t find his way home. He felt himself begin to cry, but tried to be brave, and the caterpiller kindly offered to show Henry his home. Henry followed the caterpiller up and up the wobbly plant stalk, put one paw carefully on to the leaf ahead, then the other </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">…</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "39 Smooth";">THUMP!<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: '39 Smooth';">OWW!'</span><br />
<!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> ' </span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I think I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">m a bit too big and heavy for where you live caterpiller! That can</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t be right either</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Henry tried not to look too disappointed, thanked the caterpiller and stumbled on. It was beginning to get dark now, and it was Henry</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">s feeding time hours ago. He shuffled his way through the thick leaves , where suddenly it started to smell very familiar</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">…</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> He rummaged faster and faster until </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">–</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MUM!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Henrys mum took him into a big hug and cried </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh Henry! Where have you been!? I was so worried.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">‘</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Oh mum I made so many friends! There was a really nice badger, and a..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Suddenly Henry wasn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">t so unhappy anymore, looking around his den at all his brothers and sisters, he snuggled into his mum</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">’</span><span style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">s arms and told them all of his adventure, with the big bump, the badger, the blackbird, and the caterpiller, and how he eventually found his way home, sweet home.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: '39 Smooth';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Any thoughts?</b></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934372452680931noreply@blogger.com3