Category: illustration
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Plus France #2
Here’s another finished illustration from my Plus France, Sil Vous Plait: Ways to be More French book idea.Accordion-playing street musicians are definitely part of the fabric of Paris. I’ve heard their music playing at least once on each of my glorious trips to the City of Light. And any cliched or even sincere movie set…
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Funny Story
Happy Hanukkah Noodles with Percival Last week I received a special order for my Hanukkah card, “Percival’s Noodles,” via The Nancydraws Shop on Etsy. The customer wanted 12 of them, saying that they were perfect for her Chinese-Jewish family! I definitely hadn’t had this scenerio in mind when I created the card, but that’s one…
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Hello, again!
Here’s an image from a booklet about Adele and Henrí that I intend on self-publishing in print and tablet forms. I’ll share more details once I am closer to being finished. If you scroll down you’ll see the first finished illustration and a sketch for another that I will begin soon. Are you on Twitter?…
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Percival is here!
Here’s the finished portrait of every one’s favorite Bird-About-Town, Percival Featherington III, framed by lovely scroll-work and Brooklyn-baked bagels. For the frame, I transferred my original drawing onto fabric and embroidered the design, then enlarged it when I scanned it in to work the collage aspect in Photoshop. Ms. Holly Moser-Ross is the winner of…
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Illustration Portfolio App
Great news! The Graphic Artists Guild iPad app is now available, and five of my illustrations are featured. It is F-R-E-E so I hope any of you who have iPads will download it and let me know what you think… especially if you’re an art director! ; ) Here’s the link:Graphic Artists Guild on the…
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Farmers’ Market
This page is part of Adele’s trip to the market where she buys a lot of her food. In an earlier post, I showed you the luscious strawberries that she picked up on the same shopping trip, and this page drawing faces that page. Adele’s story is set during the springtime, but shopping at an…
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Hello, July, here comes December!
As a rather laid back online retailer, I was surprised to see an e-mail today about “Free Shipping Day” on December 16th in my inbox. Then again, every year I wish I had stared on my Christmas card illustration earlier! Maybe I should start sketching now…. I know that my 2011 card will involve another…
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Henrí in the Spotlight
One of the characters in my story and an important part of Adele’s life is her feline companion, Henrí, named for Henrí Matisse, one of my favorite artists. Henrí is rarely seen without his beret and can converse with all humans, not just Adele. On this page he is terrorizing pigeons, one of his favorite…
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