Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Advent Illustration


OK, so I don't have the official cover yet, but I've finished the Advent book cover illustration. Now I'm in the process of doing a second book cover in this series about Easter. So, I will post that soon as well. I really like how this drawing turned out!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Rampant Lion


Every now and then I will work on this little tribal-looking sketch. I usually get around to it when I travel because it's in my little travel sketchbook. Anyway, it started out as a totally different kind of drawing. I had intended it to look similar to a traditional Scottish rampant lion but then I just didn't like it. So, I changed it to look like a tribal one. Here's what I have so far.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Exciting News!

So, I have some really great news! Jenny Cote, the author of the book I illustrated just returned from a symposium where she networked with all kinds of media companies. She's been in talks with Walden Media and some other companies as well. The book is set to go into production in 3 weeks and a new animation studio with former Disney animators at its helm wants to produce the movie for The Ark, the Reed & the Fire Cloud! This is huge! The book isn't even out and the movie is already set to be produced! INSANE I tell ye! I'm not sure what this all means for me but it's pretty exciting...especially since Jenny told me they got really excited about this project once they saw my cover art for the book! I will keep you updated on this progression.

Staff Meeting 7.15.08

Just a random little drawing from our staff meeting. I'm not sure how I got to this one. haha! It just sort of developed this way. Even though it's kinda weird, it's interesting to me because this is one of the few drawings that are sort of helping me break out of my style. It seems like everything I've drawn over the past has looked the same and now it's changing. So, there you have it. I call her Spitunia. :-)