This week’s Illustration Friday word was Bottled and this is the first thing that came to mind. The original image is from this piece I painted on Monday for my upcoming picture book The Koi Who Cried Wolf, the second picture book by author Katina Lawdis I am illustrating for Viscus Vir Publishing. I repainted […]
The Making of a Picture Book 4
Don’t Forget the Text Though I can’t show you the text I can show you were it is going to go. One of the tricks in illustrating a picture book is the leave space for the text without leaving a gaping whole in your illustration. When I plan out an story illustration I always have […]
The Making of a Picture Book 3
For the benefit of our viewers some words will now have roll over explanations. We have italicized them as well so you know which ones. Efficient Design As I mentioned before due to the nature of this book the characters, foreground and backgrounds are drawn on separate layers like in a animated cartoon. In my […]
The Making of a Picture Book 2
Saturday Morning Picture Books? In our modern day of book apps and trailers, the line between picture book illustration and animation is becoming more and more blurred. Because Lazy Saturday Afternoon is going to be made into both these things I have to approach the illustrations in a different way. Similar in fact to how […]
The Making of a Picture Book
Late last year I was contracted by Flinders Press to illustrate a picture book. The picture book, Lazy Saturday Afternoon, is a story in song by Author Songwriter Bryant Oden, creator of the extremely popular Duck Song and is slated to hit shelves Fall 2011. As a special treat to KatGirl Studio fans, Flinders Press […]
From the Studio 1
This is a new blog feature where we at KatGirl Studio talk about what we’re working on and mention useful articles of interest. The Phoenix and the Water Nymph WIP 2 A few years ago I started work a Graphic Novel which resulted in this project here. More recently I came back to this project […]