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Day: September 14, 2018

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Illustration process video for Appletree Marathon artwork

September 14, 2018

If you’ve ever been curious about the illustration process, I made a time-lapse video showing the creation from beginning to … Read more

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Nov 2

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Pretending to work on a spread for the latest Holidays In Disguise book: Santa in Disguise (because I didn’t record it the first time). This series is written by the amazing Cynthia Platt @cynthiaplattbooks , and published by Clarion Books @clarionbooks @harperkids . Purchase link in my bio.

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Oct 31

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Happy Halloween 🎃. Here’s another monster I demoed as an example while teaching a workshop this week. The workshop was called “Creating a Monster Family in 4 days!”. You can watch the replays in my Linktree in my bio.

#halloweenart #kidlitart #kidlitartist #characterdesign

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Oct 30

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Here’s a character I demoed for a workshop series I did this week. The workshop was called “Illustrating A Monster Family in 4 Days”. We had a lot of fun. If you’re interested in seeing the replays visit my Linktree in my bio.

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Oct 22

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Working on the cover for the latest Holidays In Disguise book: Santa in Disguise. This series is a ritten by the amazing Cynthia Platt @cynthiaplattbooks , and published by Clarion Books @clarionbooks @harperkids (and illustrated by me :) ). Order link in my bio.

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #childrensbooks #picturebooks #christmasbooks characterdesign

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Oct 19

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It’s spooky season!! 🎃 From Monday, October 26th through Thursday, October 29th at 4pm PDT, I’ll be hosting a FREE live 4-day workshop on character design, about one hour each day.

Together we’ll design a whole Monster Family, a cast of 4 characters that look like they actually belong in the same book (while each one still gets its own personality). Don’t worry, they’re the friendly kind of monsters. Mostly ;)

We’ll be working in @procreate on the iPad using only the native brushes, so no extra downloads needed. Just bring your iPad and your weirdest monster ideas.

Registration link is in my bio. If you can’t make it live, no worries. We’ll send you a recording. Hope to see you there!

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #characterdesign #procreate #halloweenart

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Oct 9

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IKYMI: The 4th installment of the Woofmore series is now available! The Woofmore Cracks Up: Written by @lorihaskinshouran and @dgephartwrites , and published by @abramskids / Amulet Books (and illustrated by me :) ).

Order link in my bio.

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Oct 2

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It’s Halloween time! I drew this spider for one of my recent webinars and thought I’d color it up as a warmup this morning. Playing with some loose texture and messy line work.

#kidlitart #halloweenart #characterdesign

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Sep 29

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My favorite saying is “little by little, little becomes a lot.” Every little sketch, post, like, comment, page written, book read, etc. Not sure where I heard it from. Probably a little podcast somewhere.

#kidlitart #kidlitartist

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Sep 24

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Now that we’re two days into Fall, it’s time for sweata’ weatha’. Here are some illustrations I did for Humpty’s Great Fall which was published last year. Written by the amazing Amy Moore @thedailybookmark , and published by Two Lions @amazonpublishing. Purchase link in my bio.

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #childrensbooks #picturebooks

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Sep 22

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It’s #PubDay !!! Book 4 of the Woofmore series is now available for purchase. Woof!! This is the latest hilarious episode written by @lorihaskinshouran and @dgephartwrites , published by @abramskids . Purchase link can be found in my bio.

#childrensbooks #kidlitart #kidlit #picturebooks

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Sep 21

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Quick reminder in case you missed the announcement last week. Tomorrow I’ll be holding another free character design workshop at 2pm PDT/5 EDT. Link is in my bio.

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Sep 17

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This coming Tuesday, September 22 at 2pm PDT I’ll be hosting a free character design workshop online. You can find the registration link in my bio and my Linktree. Bring whatever materials you like to draw with: pen, pencil, paper, iPad/procreate, etc… See you there!

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Sep 15

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I know it’s September, but Christmas is coming. It’s time to celebrate the book birthday for Santa In Disguise! Written by Cynthia Platt, and published by @clarionbooks / @harperkids

#bookbirthday #kidlitartist #kidlitart #childrensbooks #christmasbooks

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Sep 12

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Day 2 of @rosecitycc . I’ve moved to booth 927 today and tomorrow. Come by and say hi!

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Sep 11

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Day 1 of @rosecitycc I’m located in room 203 Oregon Ballroom. Come by and say Hi!

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Sep 9

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September is a big release month! Two exciting books coming out.

Santa in Disguise: written by @cynthiaplattbooks , and published by @clarionbooks / Harper Collins. Release date September 15.

The Woofmore Cracks Up: Written by @lorihaskinshouran and @dgephartwrites , and published by @abramskids / Amulet Books. Available September 22.

Order links are in my bio 😃.

#kidlitart #childrensbooks #kidsbooks

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Sep 7

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I’ll be at Rose City Comic Con this weekend. If you’re visiting come say hi! I’ll be in the Rose City Jr. section room 203. I’ll also be doing a fun drawing lesson with the kiddos Saturday afternoon. Hope to see you there! @rosecitycc

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Aug 24

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After a week of vacation I’m back in the studio. Lots of stuff coming up! Can’t wait to share more! The artwork on my screen is Santa In Disguise, written by @cynthiaplattbooks and published by @harperkids . Pre-orders available now. Link in my bio.

#kidlitartist #kidlitillustration #childrensbooks

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Aug 12

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Found some framed prints I did over 10 years ago. I think they still make a nice addition to the studio.

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Jul 29

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Drawing a forest scene. More to come. 😊

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