The Creation of a Metropolis: An image from the upcoming picture book “The Last One” by James Mowgli Song, illustrated by Rabbleboy. Thanks for checking out my blog. I wanted to write something semi-informative while I’m in the process of creating “The Last One”… I believe will be something amazing. I’ve been working on this for quite a while now but I’ve finally gotten steam in the last few [...]
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My 95/250 copy of the limited edition Eat Sleep Draw Mini-Sketchbook just arrived in the mail. It came with a neat sticker that will either find its way to my car window or somewhere on the laptop. Get your copy now if they’re still available here.
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Here is a preview of the “Inside the whale” scene from The Last One book project. In this part of the story, our main character is sucked up inside a whale where he meets some familiar characters. Let me know what you think.
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One of the top book in my collection is Shaun Tan’s – The Arrival. A wordless narrative that tells a heart felt story about an immigrant who travels in a new world filled with vivid surreal visuals. They don’t make books like this anymore… a great work of art. Excerpt from shauntan.net The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come [...]
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In his new book Drawn from the Well, artist Greg “Craola” Simkins shows us some of the monster and creatures he’s been sketching throughout the years. His graffiti surrealistic style are showcased in various pen and pencil sketches. We even find some monsters which are now permanently inked on large finished canvas pieces. Through some of these illustrations on notepads & crumpled paper, we get a glimpse in the inner [...]
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After weeks of mulling around, self-denial, trials and tribulations… I believe I’ve finally nailed down the look of how I want the art to be portrayed for the story written by my friend James Mowgli. Here’s a quick sneak preview of the initial art. Now it’s time to hit the pavement and get to work!
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As you know, I enjoy all things Edward Gorey. So when I received my new home work from Underneath the Juniper Tree, I thought it was a perfect opportunity to do an homage to the master of Macabre illustrations. For the full story associated with this drawing, check out UTJT found here This little girl had to prepare herself from the torments of her two belligerent brothers, and now revenge [...]
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Once upon a time I was going to write something that made sense about this post but then I realized I really didn’t have any idea why I started this drawing. Maybe it’s partly because the launch of my book A BOX STORY (now available on amazon.com, thank you very much) but also I wanted to sketch “lady legs”. It was a fairly quick illustration, a little rough but It’s [...]
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A small snapshot of Underneath The Juniper Tree story “Miss Lizzie’s Tea Party” by Dawn Pisturino. I like the simplicity and composition. What do you think? A little bit of Hitchcock in the style? You’ll just have to wait for the next issue…
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Here’s a work in progress for upcoming UTJT story. Yep. It’s going to rock. My attempt in digital painting… all drawn using Wacom tablet Intuos4. I confess, I was trying to re-create a paintery look. If you have a better tip on how to do this, please do share. I’m pretty satisfied with the result and it doesn’t look totally digital which is a big plus. What do you think? [...]
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