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August 28, 2007

Doodle Garden Bow Tie #11

Doodle Garden
Bow Tie #11

Doodle Garden
Bow Tie #11b

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August 28, 2007

Scratchboard, Linocut Tutorial

Dylan this is for you. I will add to the instructions soon. This is just the beginning of a tutorial you requested. The tutorial is a work in progress. The title of the piece is Sleeping Beauty. The directions assume that you have some basic knowledge of photoshop. If you have any questions about the process. Leave them in the comments and I will try to be more clear.

Line Drawing

I begin with a basic line drawing. This example is done in the computer, but I usually draw this step and then scan it into the computer once I get the design worked out.
Define the Shapes

I made a violet background and then used a white paintbrush to fill the shapes. The line drawing from above is placed on a seperate layer with the opacity of the layer lowered. The paint brush or pencil tool can be used for this step.
Basic fast color fill

I fill in the colors on a seperate layer from the line layer. I use the magic wand tool with “sample all layers” checked in the options bar. once a shape is selected with the wand tool I go to Select> Modify Selection> Expand. This allows me to expand the selection so that there aren’t white halos around each of the color shapes.
Basic Shadow

The shadow is another layer. In this case it is a blue violet. Them the layer is set to multiply mode so that it mixes with the colors beneath it.

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August 27, 2007

300 Libraries

Un-brella is in 300 library systems according to World Cat. I just checked it this morning and it has made it to 300! It is fun to see which libraries it is in and to see that it is being checked out. If it is at a library near you go check it out! Have a great day one and all!

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August 24, 2007

New Book Concept: Ready to send to publisher.

I have been spending most of my time lately working on a picture book project that I am sending off today.

Here is my sales line:

A delicious blend of color mixing and tragedy.

This is the time in the process that I think, that I have figured out all of the major problems in the book. It is a short lived experience because as soon as I drop it in the mail box, the doubts begin.

I hope this book makes it through the publishing gauntlet.

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August 10, 2007

Illustration Friday: Emergency

Many things are Emergencies in out lives. Saving rare species should be one of them. An UnBook of rare Species. This one is so rare I don’t even know what to call it.