Westward, ho!

UPDATE!  Ilene, Jerry & Drake discuss digital vs traditional illustration in the comments section below. I get quite a few historical projects to illustrate, and that suits me fine.  I enjoy doing the research—which is crucial to…

Where The Wild Things Are

Oh, boy.  It looks like Spike Jonze is giving Where The Wild Things Are the same psychoanalytical grilling the Grinch got in his movie.  Goodness knows I'm happy for Maurice Sendak—and I'd be the happiest boy in the world if the cinema…

Some old sketches

Apropos of nothing, some old sketches from Humphrey, Albert & the Flying Machine.  This one was written by Kathryn Lasky, who also wrote Two Bad Pilgrims—coming this Fall! Humphrey is set within the Sleeping Beauty story, about two…

The Robin Hood Project

I like to listen to really old classical music, and have attended the wonderful concerts organized by the Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh.  I do illustrations for their season brochures. A couple of years ago they booked…

The briny waves beckon

I'll be away for a week, immersing my lily-white bod' in the surf. Be well.

More Henry sketches

Here's the thumbnail sketch for the opening spread of Henry & the Crazed Chicken Pirates.  Like in a movie, this establishing shot offers a broad swathe of visual information that tells the reader where the story takes place.  The crew…

Fireflies

I want to warn you ahead of time that I don't have the finished illustration that would normally follow the series of sketches below.  I must have gotten rid of it, or else it's boxed away somewhere in my attic (I moved last November and am…

Welcome, Game Artisans

Another discussion about how much to charge for creative work here. Keep in mind that your day- or hourly- rate is your minimum—it's what you need to make in order to survive.  What you charge may exceed your rate.  It's not how much your…