IF: Slither

 
"Talk about a bad hair day!" sighed Medusa to the stylist. "So, do you want it slithery or straight?" she asked in her usual monotone voice...

Hai!

Has anyone used Hire an Illustrator? If so, how quickly did you get work and was there anything unexpected about the experience?

Quintessential Sydney Sketch: Luna Park Larrikins!

This is from a story I thought up about the adventures of two kids in a cancer care children's hospital who become friends and teach each other how to have fun again! Maybe I should write some of it down.... I think it needs more content on the right side of the picture... looking a bit bare and boring!

IF: Early

 ...It was the story that was told over and over... what happened? She was early!

Getting Crafty, Staying Green

Just had a blast with my kids at the AVA Studios teaching the Sustainable Spring Crafts class! Making fun stuff out of household 'junk' was not that hard.... especially when Spring finally made it's appearance to inspire us all!

Goddess or Villainess?

Thoughts out there?

'Quintessential Sydney' Sketch: BONDI BABES

I have an idea that sprung from my helpless desire to visit Sydney again... ahh, Home!
Anyway, so I am going to do a series of sketches for my portfolio called 'Quintessential Sydney', inspired by all my memories of one of my favourite cities in the world!
Rough Sketch first.... I will post pictures to track the progress as I add shade/colour etc..

IF: Equipment

It seems like babies these days can work out how to use a laptop faster than you can say 'generation gap'!!!

Kudos!

Found this cool Aussie Artist - Loved the style - OnyaMatie!
http://www.jessicasingh.com/j/home.html

Oldies But Goodies

Some of my older pieces...

True North Gallery Submission

Something I worked on recently... The inspiration comes from the Inuit deity of Polar Bears, Nanook/Nanuk. It is a story about a little polar bear who is afraid to stray away from his big sister, but is curious about something he sees in the sky. Later, when his sister is asleep, baby bear sees the apparition of Nanook in the sky and follows it. But the next morning he returns to his sister who is upset and worried - only to tell her about his exciting adventure! To be fair and balanced - my critique is that the snow should have been made to look darker - more blue, like snow looks in the dark... oh, well - there's always tomorrow!

Today is a new day!

Today is the day I have chosen to begin this blog. I used to have one a long time ago, but I am newly charged by the SCBWI Conference where I met some great children's book authors and illustrators and am determined to put some time into posting an illo of mine every week. Let's see how I fare....