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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Blue Heron Day Celebration-March 6th
I will be up at Bath, Ohio for the Blue Heron Day Celebration! It should be a great event. There is a pancake breakfast and I will be reading Henry the Impatient Heron and drawing for the kids who attend.
More details here...
I look forward to seeing Akron! (It is my first visit.)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Article in Olentangy Valley News/Columbus Local News
Labels:
carole gerber,
Little Red Bat,
Press
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
New Painting on Etsy!
This is a little painting I just did to put on Etsy. I was doodling last night and did this little sketch. I have been rather enamored by 18th century costume lately (mostly French). It was fairly outrageous!
I love this frame too. It seems fitting...
Click on the side link to get to Etsy.
Labels:
etsy,
orginal art,
personal projects
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Little Red Bat-Anticipation
Little Red Bat is shipping the first week in March and so I am posting some of my favorite pieces from the book in anticipation of it coming out.
Above is my favorite painting from the book!
While I worked on the sketches, I visited a couple who do bat rescue and happened to have a red bat family they had rescued and released a week or so later in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. (This took a LOT of phone calls. Red Bats are hard to track down in captivity) It helped so much to see them in person and I took video of the bat moving. It completely altered the way I drew them.
As an illustrator it emphasized how important it is to see the real animal you are drawing if possible. It allows you to really see and understand.
Carole Gerber and I will have a kick off signing at Blue Marble in Ft. Thomas on April 17th from 2-4.
Above is my favorite painting from the book!
While I worked on the sketches, I visited a couple who do bat rescue and happened to have a red bat family they had rescued and released a week or so later in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. (This took a LOT of phone calls. Red Bats are hard to track down in captivity) It helped so much to see them in person and I took video of the bat moving. It completely altered the way I drew them.
As an illustrator it emphasized how important it is to see the real animal you are drawing if possible. It allows you to really see and understand.
Carole Gerber and I will have a kick off signing at Blue Marble in Ft. Thomas on April 17th from 2-4.
Labels:
Blue Marble,
book release,
children's books,
Little Red Bat,
signings,
sylvan dell
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Ultimate Extreme Mega Meal-Bot

Labels:
comic anthology,
fast food,
personal projects,
Slam Bang
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Concept Sketch-Not So Nice Queen Marries Dubious King
Here is a concept sketch for a fairy tale personal project I am working on... More soon as it develops. I am a little obsessed with 18th century costume at the moment...
Labels:
fairy tale,
graphic novel,
personal projects,
sketches
Friday, February 12, 2010
New Items in Etsy Shop!
I just uploaded a bunch of new images to my Etsy shop. You can see the rest by clicking the link in the sidebar. All the little paintings are framed and ready to hang. I will add more as I have pockets of time. The subject matter is pretty random. I sketch what I feel like at that moment.
The frames are an eclectic collection mostly picked up at garage sales.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
People in the Stars-Pages 1 and 2
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Let's Find Out-January

This is the January issue of Let's Find Out about hibernation. Snow is the best compositional aspect when designing these see-through issues.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Press: Article on Soapbox Media
Check out the cool article about illustration in Cincinnati called Cincinnati Illustrated.
There is a nice mention of Little Red Bat!
There is a nice mention of Little Red Bat!
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