Rebecca Thornburgh's Creative Process

Here is another wonderfully generous author/illustrator who shares her creative process
Click on either illustration to go to see her full process.

CALL FOR FIRST TIME CHILDREN'S AUTHORS ILLUSTRATORS

Alice Pope, he author of the annual "Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market," has created a great blog . She is looking for first time (published) authors/illustrators to be profiled in her upcoming edition. Check out "call for first time authors" entry as well as her entire blog, which has some great resources as well.

Cheers

the photoshop experiment: Jesse's Song

the photoshop experiment: Jesse's Song
Cory Godbey is a wonderful and generous illustrator who shares step-by-step processess for using traditional media and photoshop for creating really lovely work. Must see for all us "traditional" (i.e. old) artists who are wondering about the possibilities for art in the digital age!

The Outlaw: Varjak Paw

I just read the sequel to "Varjak Paw" (see review below). It was as interesting and fun as the first one. This second book was even darker than the first, all about gang warfare, leadership and the underbelly of the city -- literally. The illustrations are very cool, very edgy, done by Dave McKean. Below are the illustrations from the first book:

The illustrations from the second book are darker and funkier than the first book. Definitely worth looking at to see the possibilities for creating illustrated books for older readers.