Chapter Headers
Summary: Finishing up a series of chapter header images for a of young reader adventure books by Will Overby… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Process
10+ Hours of Watercolor Painting in an 8 Minute Video
Summary: 10+ hours of painting in an 8 minute video? I share watercolor painting tips and concepts in a time lapse painting of three storybook characters. Check it out, and share it with your friends.… Continue Reading
Hacking The Color Script; A Visual Color Guide For Your Next Painting
Summary: This post is on the theme of color, and explores ideas about developing your own color story. I’ve put together a simple (and free) recipe to cook up your own home brewed color scripts.… Continue Reading
Begin Using Color Choices To Strengthen Your Paintings
Summary: This post is about some experimentations that can be used to gain a better understanding of color as a narrative tool and on creating a more harmonious color pallet.… Continue Reading
3 Steps to a More Colorful Watercolor Pallet
Summary: Mixing colors, and figuring out how to utilize those mixes in a painting can be a daunting task to start with. My intention with this post is to share my study habits so that you might see something new or have a fresh idea, and thus become inspired to to find a new ways to fine tune your own craft.… Continue Reading
Drawing to a Beautiful Conclusion
Summary: In the previous post I talked about the beginnings and the initial thoughts and concepts behind this illustration. We left off in that post at the first round of thumbnails. This post will follow up by talking about revisions, rough comps, and the resulting phases of this process, ending with the exciting final product!… Continue Reading
Waltzing Into The New Year
Summary: I don’t believe that anyone get’s anywhere without help from the people around them. It is through this network of mutual support that beautiful things can emerge. This is the tale of just such a project. … Continue Reading
Spinning Dreams into Goals
Foresight might not be 20/20, but things can be a lot clearer with a calendar. A time management system for freelance illustrators.… Continue Reading
A Curious Introduction; a Story of Self Promotion
“A Curious Introduction” represents the first promo created specifically for a targeted audience of Art Directors working in the field of Middle Reader/ Children’s Book publishing. I wanted this first card to present a clear message and to show that I can tell a story with images. The message that it is intended to communicate is simply one of introduction. Which seems appropriate as I introduce my work to a group of people who most likely will be hearing about me for the first time through this piece.… Continue Reading
October Surprise: a Sneak Peek
Well, things have been quite here on the blog… too quite, but, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been busy! Actually I’ve been working up a couple different images. One image is for a charity auction later in the month, and the other is an all out effort to make a promotional piece for Halloween.… Continue Reading
