Happy Holidays Everyone!

 

Happy Holidays everyone! It has been a sad year but I have gotten to work on some really cool projects I cannot wait to share.

Best wishes for 2022 and keep your loved ones close... 

Voyage Ohio Profile

Voyage Ohio did a nice profile about me.

https://voyageohio.com/interview/life-work-with-christina-wald-of-monfort-heights/

Versus Evil, A Hire An Illustrator Project

 

Hire an Illustrator has a really nice portfolio site and recently did this fun trading card promotion. I did my Ultimate Sinister character I have drawn since junior high!

Here are the printed cards. SO FUN!

Sketch in Romania with Christina and Ioana

 

FIRST DEPOSIT IS DUE NOVEMBER 30; WE ARE LIMITED TO 20 GUESTS!

Write ioana.travels2@gmail.com for additional materials and to arrange the deposit.

Years in the planning, this is the ultimate urban sketching adventure!

Trip details: http://christinawald.blogspot.com/p/urban-sketching-2022-tour-with-ioana.html

Romania has so many wonderful landscapes, castles, fortresses... I LOVE sketching there. Join us for 2 weeks of adventure.

And here are some write-ups from our trip in 2014: http://christinawald.blogspot.com/search/label/Romania

Christina and Ioana

USk Sketch Together

 

USk Sketch Together was a world sketching event on October 18th that started in New Zealand, went through Asia, Europe, and ended up in the Americas. The event was 24 hours and each world Zone had an hour-long Instagram LIVE interviewing chapters.

I hosted the Americas and interviewed urban sketchers from Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Florida, and Las Vegas. The interview is now on YouTube.

It was so fun seeing the different chapters show off their sketches! Check out all the sketches at the hashtag and see the urban sketching global family!

It was pretty cool! https://youtu.be/EazxqAT1mCI

Mauricio López (individual sketcher)/Ecuador USk Quito

USk São Paulo (Brazil) -Ronaldo Kurita

USk Jacksonville (Florida/USA) Chris Flagg & Lisa Deems

USk Las Vegas (USA)/ Erick Roberts

USk Mexico City / Admins: Brian Luna, Monse , Ivan

Co-Host Xana Jazmin

Cabinet of Curiosities Issue 2 TRAILS, TRAINS, AND TERROR

 

It has been a year since our first Kickstarter. Back in 2019, a group of local comic creators got together to make a comic anthology that showcased the talent in the tri-state area.

After some discussion, we decided it needed a hook. Kat Klockow, who became the editor of the anthology, had worked on a radio show in the past called Paranormal View and it seemed like we could all agree that paranormal and weird Cincinnati was a theme where we could all find stories to tell.

Kat came up with a dossier of topics and we each chose one.

Last year, I did a story about Satan's Hollow.

We also started our podcast last year as a companion to the yearly comic called Hometown Haunts.

Early on, we had Cincinnati Enquirer historian Jeff Suess visit the podcast and he spoke about Laura Pruden, the Price Hill Medium, her consultations with Sir Arthur Conan Doyal of Sherlock Holmes fame, and her connection to the invention of the Magic 8-Ball. I LOVED the story. It was such an interesting story and also revealed a picture of Cincinnati's rich toy history.

I asked Jeff to write a story for me to illustrate for Issue 2 and The Curious Tale of the Price Hill Medium and the Invention of the Magic 8-Ball is the result!

There are 5 other great stories in this year's book too!

The Kickstarter goes LIVE Monday. 

Click here to get a reminder.

New Patreon Video!

 Join in on the fun of creating my artbook by supporting my Patreon! 

Advanced Digital Painting

 

Final Painting Demo Week 6-7

This summer, once again I taught Advanced Digital Painting at NKU. It is a deep dive into using pixels as your canvas.

No matter what medium you use, good painting techniques require a good grasp of color theory, drawing, and composition.

Many think that digital art is a shortcut. It is not. Yes, there are some things about it that are easier, especially at the revision phase, but building a good image requires time and vision.

One of the best parts of the class is doing demos.

Here are the rest from summer 2021.

Watch timelapses of the demos here!

Week 1 Potion of Flying

Week 1 Lute of Thunder

Week 2 Being in a Landscape

Week 3 Using Reference

Week 4 Landscapes

20 Minute Landscape

Week 5 Portrait of Loki

Interview for NKU

NKU has been working for a while to have an animation program.

This fall, the major is an offering from the school. I am excited to have my fall class about sequential illustration as a part of the curriculum!

I have worked with NKU since 2013 and really enjoy working with the students and faculty.

I recently did an interview about the new program.

https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2021/07/26/nku-students-learning-animation#

Sketchy Art Book

 

I have been asked for years if I would do a sketch art book. My schedule is so crazy that it is hard to fit this kind of project in. 

I plan to Kickstart the book in Spring 2022 but to get the ball rolling to put it together, I am starting a Patreon. 

It has tiers to get the book and see some behind-the-scenes stuff putting it together and some of the tiers include sketch commissions of your choice!

SUPPORT IT HERE!

The first person to back my Patreon will get a little pet sketch of their favorite furry companion!

Central Park-The city is growing so fast that every sketch has a new cityscape!

Dijon, France in 2018

Eriz Valley in Switzerland 2018

Ohioana Virtual Book Festival: See my panel on Friday, April 23rd!

Join Mazza Museum's Ben Sapp to discuss "Writing & Illustrating Picture Books" with some of Ohio's best writer-illustrators of children's books, including Christina Wald, Tim Bower, Lindsay Ward, and Terri Libenson. 

This Ohioana Book Festival panel is LIVE and ONLINE, Fri Apr 23 at 3PM. Sign up via EventBrite: https://tinyurl.com/sr82asve

If you missed the live conversation, rewatch here:

TOGETHER at Light Grey Art Lab

 

Materializing Spirits

I did this piece for Light Grey Art Lab's TOGETHER Residency Exhibition inspired by my artist residency in Norway.

We were Team Huldra. A Huldra is a tree spirit similar to a dryad. I love similar folklore. Humans have many common memories...

The framed print is for sale here.

Books make great gifts!

 

You can get a huge assortment of my books signed through Inscribed Books & Gifts. Not only are you supporting an awesome local book store but shipping by media mail is free! 😁☃️

http://form.jotformpro.com/form/50345412303946

Hometown Haunts Podcast is now on iTunes!

 As you know, in addition to starting my own publishing company called Corpse Flower Press to put out our yearly comic anthology, Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities, we also started a podcast.

That podcast is now on iTunes!

Like and subscribe!

Corpse Flower Press Logo

Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency

Chateau Orquevaux

In all the Kickstarter madness, I neglected to post that I have been offered an artist residency at Chateau Orquevaux. It will be 4 weeks probably in summer 2022 since it seems like travel is unlikely sooner.

I love France and cannot wait to spend a month creating work there. A couple friends have also applied so I hope we can coordinate!

I spent a month in France in 2018 and look forward to being there again. It is so inspiring!

More as it develops!

https://www.chateauorquevaux.com/

Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities

 

My first Kickstarter ever is live!!! I even made a flaming skull graphic to celebrate!

This is such a cool book; I CANNOT wait to share it! You are supporting some wonderful Cincinnati artists if you back us and will learn about some really interesting and scary Cincinnati lore!

Artists include:

Thomas O Miller (front cover), Eamon Hill (Back Cover), Tim Fuller, Rodney Fyke, Jay Kalagayan, Kat Klowkow (editor), Dylan Speeg, Brandon Wagner, and Christina Wald (protect manager)!

See the video here: https://youtu.be/gX9ie2poGPM

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/christinawald/cincinnati-cabinet-of-curiosities

I did the story on Cincinnati's urban legend about Satan's Hollow! It has everything! Ghosts, flaming skulls, shadow men, and a dash of satanic panic!

Here is an article about our comic in the Cincinnati Enquirer: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2020/10/07/local-artists-create-comic-cincinnatis-paranormal-urban-legends/5870141002/

Cover Reveal of my Next Picture Book!

 

The cover of my next picture book was just revealed! The story is so sweet!

Read about the design here: https://www.jodiadamsauthor.com/post/the-train-rolls-on-cover-reveal

Cabinet of Curiosities Hometown Haunts

 

As you know, I have been working on a comic anthology between deadlines. We are Kickstarting it in October! 

We love the subject matter so much that we started a podcast about all things regionally paranormal and beyond!

The first episode drops tonight at midnight!

Subscribe to our channel and listen!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-EJRBa4znWY8zTUQYL7zQ

Preorder A Wish for Pangolin

A Wish for Pangolin from San Diego Zoo Global is available for preorder from my favorite local bookseller, Inscribed Books & Gifts and the books can also be signed!😊

http://form.jotformpro.com/form/50345412303946

Interview with Studio 56

I recently was interviewed by Brenda Murray with Studio 56 about children's book illustration.

Happy New Year

The year has started with a bang! An image from A Warm Winter Tail by Carrie Pearson and published by Arbordale is in the Mazza Museum of International Picture Books 2020 calendar!. I could not be more excited!

Calendar Cover

November is now my month!

Also, I do have a holiday card this year, it is just really late...