Angela Dominguez's Blog, page 16

Character Design for Children's Books

Snuck another drawing in while I was teaching. 

New

These are recent samples I did for a publisher. Had so much fun working on these!

Character Design Sketches

It's been awhile since I've been able to post sketches from the Character Design Class I teach. Here are a few from the past few weeks.

College of Charleston Magazine

Another illustration for one of my favorite clients, College of Charleston Magazine. Also a sneak peek at the final artwork for the Candlewick book I'm illustrating.

Interviews and First Proofs

Exciting! I just got my first round of proofs for Knit Together (January 2015). Here's a sneak peek.

 Also I was featured in a few interviews. First, in a recent issue of Academy of Art University newspaper. Second a wonderful blog devoted to Children's Books called The Children's Book Review. 
Thanks to Bianca Schulze for the feature and the Academy of Art University for their continued support.

Macmillan and Gallery Show

Macmillan, the publishing house that published Maria Had A Little Llama, just sent out a lovely little email with all their award winners from this year's ALA awards. It's certainly nice to see Maria there with other books that I adore.

Also I'm going to be participating in group show this March at the Sun Gallery with a bunch of Bay Area Children's Book Illustrators. The artist reception will be March 16th from 1pm to 4pm. Should be fun!

Pura Belpré Honor

I'm humbled and delighted to announce that Maria Had A Little Llama won the 2014 Pura Belpré Honor.  I can't wait to receive the award at the Annual American Library Association Meeting in Las Vegas. #alayma

If you want to watch the announcement and other ALA Youth Media Awards. Here's the link. It's announced around minute 40.

http://live.webcastinc.com/ala/2014/live/

Scholastic Book Club

Here is a delightful video for Scholastic Book Club featuring Maria Had A Little Llama.

Sketchbook

I'm a little rusty, but I'm sketching again outside. This is near my first apartment in San Francisco.

Horn Book Magazine and Jewish Contemporary

Good News! Maria Had A Little Llama was featured on Horn Book today.

http://www.hbook.com/2014/01/choosing-books/recommended-books/worlds-children/


More exciting news! I'll be doing an art workshop on January 26th at The Jewish Contemporary Museum in San Francisco.  More details and a link below:

Clay Creature Studio
Jan 26
Join local author Angela Dominguez as she tells the tale of a bird named Hugo who overcomes his fear of flight in the lovely book Let’s Go Hugo. Celebrate this story and the stories of Arnold Lobel by creating your own clay creatures in our art studio.