My pal Jackie Mims Hopkins sends this photo of a wonderful story-reading chair straight out of Joe Bright and the Seven Genre Dudes! It’s the handiwork of fabulous librarian Leanne Drake to celebrate Jackie’s school visit and an upcoming storytelling festival. Nice job! Here‘s an older post showing the chair illustration in progress.
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Mary read Nini to kids at two schools, and they loved it!
Artist/illustrator Eric Brooks admiring Nini!
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I like this pre-dawn scene from The Really Awful Musicians for its drama. Illustration is just a form of graphic design. Here I’ve used the elements of space, value & texture to get the most juice out of the image. Color, too: the one sliver of orange intruding into the blue-black scene lends a feeling of expectancy for the new day.
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Stella’s chair comes to life!
book promotionMy pal Jackie Mims Hopkins sends this photo of a wonderful story-reading chair straight out of Joe Bright and the Seven Genre Dudes! It’s the handiwork of fabulous librarian Leanne Drake to celebrate Jackie’s school visit and an upcoming storytelling festival. Nice job! Here‘s an older post showing the chair illustration in progress.
Famous Nini at the Morris Graves Art Museum
book promotionMy pal Mary Nethery sent this photo of my illustrations for The Famous Nini. They were exhibited at the Morris Graves Art Museum during the Humboldt County Author's Festival. That's in California, isn't it?
Mary read Nini to kids at two schools, and they loved it!
Artist/illustrator Eric Brooks admiring Nini!
Escaping the king’s men-at-arms
book promotion, illustration processI like this pre-dawn scene from The Really Awful Musicians for its drama. Illustration is just a form of graphic design. Here I’ve used the elements of space, value & texture to get the most juice out of the image. Color, too: the one sliver of orange intruding into the blue-black scene lends a feeling of expectancy for the new day.