The Famous Nini is due out June 7, but Amazon.com already has copies available. A scene I particularly like: the Emperor of Ethiopia arrives in Venice to visit Nini the famous cat. Here’s the thumbnail sketch— Here is the sketch, built from the thumbnail. I envisioned the Emperor and his daughter traveling from their ship […]
Rambling around the highways and byways on my way to visiting schools, sometimes I see a billboard that takes my fancy. Here’s one I liked, and sent a photo to my pal Vince Dorse. He sent this back:
Illustration legend Frank Frazetta passed on today—no art student of my generation didn’t feel his influence. From the New York Times: “Frank Frazetta, an illustrator whose vivid colors and striking brushstrokes conjured up fantastic worlds of musclebound heroes fighting with broad swords and battle axes to defend helpless women from horrible beasts, died on Monday in […]
Here is the main staircase of the National Transit Building, leading up to the art studios. Painting over the gothic purple walls with ‘custard yellow,’ a Martha Stewart paint color.
Mary Nethery, author of The Famous Nini, created a book trailer!
Kerry Martin—senior design editor over at Clarion—sent me all kinds of goodies from the print production of The Famous Nini! Here are proofs and f&gs. Proofs show all the spreads from a book. A spread is two pages side-by-side as they appear in the book, like Pages 14/15. The printer provides these so the art […]
Yippee! I’ve been approved; signed the paperwork and forked over my rent & security deposit. I’ll begin renting a studio space in Oil City’s Transit Building on May Day—the maddest, merriest day of all the glad new year. In the meantime, those funereal purple walls definitely need a cheerier coat of paint. Dig those fabulous […]
An interesting little article about a real-life Clarence the Copy Cat—although this kitty seems to enjoy his de-mousing duties.
My friend Paul sent me the link to this fun time-waster called Balldroppings. It’s simple: balls drop from a hole on the upper-left corner of your screen. By clicking and dragging with your mouse you can draw lines on the screen—barriers for the balls to bounce off of. When a ball hits a line, it […]
