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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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Published on January 10, 2012 18:42