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November 11, 2016
Picturing Yitzi – Chapter 2 Rough Drawings
I probably spent a whole year doing the rough drawings for Yitzi and the Giant Menorah. Yes, I draw slowly but that wasn’t the only reason it took so long. There is a lot of planning that goes into each … Continue reading →
Published on November 11, 2016 19:53
November 10, 2016
Chapter 1 continued – More Thumbnail Sketches!
There is no such thing as too many thumbnail sketches. Because they are fast, small and don’t require a lot of equipment (only a pencil and paper) there is no excuse for not doing tons of them! Well, maybe not … Continue reading →
Published on November 10, 2016 21:35
October 29, 2016
Picturing Yitzi – Chapter 1 Thumbnail Sketches
i always begin the illustrations for a picture book with lots and lots of sketches – called thumbnail sketches. These are quick sketches that help me sort out the very basics of what I want to include in a scene. … Continue reading →
Published on October 29, 2016 20:28
Picturing Yitzi – Video Diary Series
In 2013, I had the idea of videotaping the creation of my next picture book. When I shared this idea with PJ Library, they thought it was a great idea. And then they asked the obvious question… where’s your story? … Continue reading →
Published on October 29, 2016 19:46
January 30, 2012
TIME SNATCHERS COLLAGE – Ta Da!
Here it is… the finished collage! It's an open question I suppose when to end a collage. There's a strong temptation to just keep going, adding more and more and more. But this looks like a good place to end … Continue reading →
Published on January 30, 2012 20:57
January 26, 2012
Collage Project Day 5
Things are starting to come together. If you look closely, you can see four postage stamps in there…so I know for sure that this piece of art is worth at least 73 cents. For this stage, I continued adding visual … Continue reading →
Published on January 26, 2012 18:54
January 22, 2012
Collage Project – Day 4
I went a little crazy here. Looking at this photo, I realize that some of the images aren't actually part of the collage yet but I've just placed them down on the page to see if I like the placement. … Continue reading →
Published on January 22, 2012 19:16
January 18, 2012
Collage Project – Day 3
Here's the third installment of my collage. Sometimes you have to go backwards before you go forwards… After I glued on the gold strips (which, believe it or not are supposed to eventually turn out to be the skyline of … Continue reading →
Published on January 18, 2012 17:58
January 15, 2012
Collage Project – Day 2
Here's the start…. I know, it just looks like a pencil sketch right now (or half a pencil sketch since there's not much happening on the left side of his face) but somehow I'm going to turn this into a … Continue reading →
Published on January 15, 2012 08:46
January 10, 2012
Collage Project – Day One
A couple of blogs ago, I mentioned that I'd like to do something with my concept sketches for TIME SNATCHERS. Well, after thinking about it some more, I thought it might be fun to try a collage, working in some … Continue reading →
Published on January 10, 2012 18:42