This week’s Illustration Friday word was Midsummer Night and this is the first thing that came to mind. Inuyasha has got to be one of my all time favorite animanga’s and so it’s only fitting that my first anime fan art piece should be from the series. Also because it’s awesome… and you should watch […]
Bottled
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 […]
Stir
This week’s Illustration Friday word was Stir and this is the first thing that came to mind. This is Nualla Galathea one of the main characters from my debut novel Daemons in the Mist which is now available. She’s missing her horns because this shot is from Patrick’s point of view and humans can’t see […]
The Making of a Picture Book 5
Art Eating Bindings Don’t forget you illustration’s end result will be a bound book and thus some of the image in the center of the spread where the binding is is going to get lost. If an item goes into the binding it should also come out the other side. It’s more than a little […]
Sweater
This weeks Illustration Friday word was Sweater and this is the first thing that came to mind. These are Nualla Galathea and Patrick Connolly the main characters from my debut novel Daemons in the Mist which is now available. You can watch the evolution of the artwork below [tabs slidertype=”images” auto=”yes”][imagetab width=”400″ height=”500″]https://www.katgirlstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sweater001_WIP001_web.jpg[/imagetab] [imagetab width=”400″ […]
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 […]