Category: Drawing
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The Dreamtime Journal
I illustrated and designed the Dream Time Journal (author, Ingrid Roper) for Scholastic Inc/Tangerine Press, which was published in 2001 and sold at school book fairs. The book was meant for tweens as a “guided journal,” which means each spread had a different theme and offered ideas of what to write about. Not only about nighttime…
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Butterflies of the World
A love of textiles and world culture inspired this series after a visit to New York City’s Natural History Museum. Each butterfly floats above an original photograph of its natural habitat and the borders represent textile patterns created by craftspeople or tribes native to the area. Butterfly: Scarlett Swallowtail; Habitat: Rain forest, coastal lowlands; Border: Ati Ahan festival…
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Play on Words: Urine Luck
I always get a kick out of a good play on words, idioms, and double-meanings. I saw a Facebook post by a friend on her son’s birthday about her memory of the day she found out that she was pregnant with him. My comment was, “Urine Luck!” The phrase got stuck in my head and…
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Adele, encore
Over the years I have been working on-and-off with an idea for a graphic novel featuring my character, Adele, from an illustration I created in 2001 inspired by my first trip to Paris, France that March. Since I lack knowledge and experience with sequential art and comics, I have also lacked confidence in how to…
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From My Brain to the Page!
I really love it when I have an image or an idea in my mind and I can get it exactly as I imagine it onto a piece of paper and into the world without a glitch! Believe me, this is a rare occurrence. Usually it takes me a few drafts, centimeters from my eraser,…
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