July 22, 2010
Illustration Friday | Breakfast
I couldn’t help it. This is a recycled image but it fit the word so well. Thanks as always to illustrationfriday.com.
I couldn’t help it. This is a recycled image but it fit the word so well. Thanks as always to illustrationfriday.com.
The birth of paisley as a multi-cellular animal. I have included a magnified image so that you can see the internal organelles and numerous gelatinous membranes. 
Thank you as always to www.illustrationfriday.com for the prompt.

A summer trail through a winter world is made possible by an Un-brella.
This is a spread from my picture book Un-brella. It seemed like a perfect choice for this weeks illustrationfriday.com word, “trail.”
Can you see the trail the rabbit followed?
When I first looked at the word for the week the very first thing that I noticed was that it could be flipped over and still be read correctly. I wish that I had a great story to go with this UnBook cover, but I don’t. It is just two girls dipping their foot in the water. If you have a good idea for the story feel free to leave a comment.
This image is a preliminary experiment for the A-line series I did for a faculty art show last fall. I have always liked it and felt that it was a good match for this weeks Illustration Friday.
In photoshop, I use a layer for each color. I am using the multiply mode on each layer so that the colors look like they have been overprinted. I added a slightly different texture to each layer so that the color would build up in a more natural way. I started each layer with a solid block of color and then used the eraser tool with a hard edge brush to remove the area that I didn’t want to print. It makes it feel like a woodblock print.
Layer 1 is a white background layer.
This is a spread from a book I am working on called Color Buzz. Delicious color mixing: a tragedy. There just aren’t enough picture books about tragedy.
It is mosquito season in Idaho. I saw my first one last night while enjoying the cool shade. Bummer! I do like cool Idaho evenings.

Twins. Their names are Sam and Samantha. I am not sure that their own parents can tell them apart:)
Illustration Friday is a great way to keep the process of illustration fun. I look forward to the topic each Friday morning. Thank you Penelope.

This is my first image for Illustration Friday. I hope that you enjoy it.
An average of 18 people die each day from the lack of available organs for transplant.
Un-Brella | What if instead of an umbrella you had an UN-brella? Imagine that when this unbrella was opened it suddenly made the world around you change in exciting ways. Open up this book to find out how one little girl's unbrella changes her world.
Digital painting | experimental digital paintings
A-Line | a limited edition series of digital drawings
Life in Lyman | stamps from my wonderfully ordinary life
A doodle-a-day | 100 daily doodles