I just finished this new portfolio piece. It’s for my series of middle school kids starring that girl on the left there. (I should probably give her an actual name.) She’s grossing out a friend of hers by showing him her lunch.
Safety Book – Cover Image 1
I recently completed another coloring book for Positive Promotions. This one is about teaching safety to kids. I think it’s supposed to be handed out by the police and firefighters and such. It’s about when to call 911, anti-bullying, crossing the street safely, anti-drug… things like that.
The cover has three color images showing different safety situations. This first one shows a boy calling 911 for a house fire.
Recycling Book – Random Objects
Here’s a collection of random objects and an owl that appear on various pages in a coloring book about recycling commissioned by Positive Promotions for Earth Day. I’m particularly proud of that compact florescent light bulb in the corner there. The twisty coil was tricky.
This is the last sample I have for this project. Next up will be a coloring book on neighborhood safety, also for Positive Promotions.
Recycling Book – This Kid
Here’s a collection of several isolated images of this kid that appear in a coloring book about recycling commissioned by Positive Promotions for Earth Day.
Recycling Book – Page 5
Here’s an image that appears on page 5 of a coloring book about recycling commissioned by Positive Promotions for Earth Day.
Recycling Book – Glass Recycling
Here’s a page for a coloring book about recycling commissioned by Positive Promotions for Earth Day. Text explaining the illustration is to be added in production. This one is a simplified version of the steps to recycle glass. Crushing, Melting, and Forming New Bottles.
Recycling Book – Metal Recycling
Here’s a page for a coloring book about recycling commissioned by Positive Promotions for Earth Day. Text explaining the illustration is to be added in production. This one is a simplified version of the steps to recycle cans. Shredding, Melting, Pressing into Sheets, and Forming New Cans.
Recycling Book – Paper Recycling
Here’s a page for a coloring book about recycling commissioned by Positive Promotions for Earth Day. Text explaining the illustration is to be added in production. This one is a simplified version of the steps to recycle paper. Sorting, Shredding, Soaking, Screening, Pressing into Sheets, Drying, and Rolling.
Recycling Book – Plastic Recycling
Here’s a page for a coloring book about recycling commissioned by Positive Promotions for Earth Day. Text explaining the illustration is to be added in production.
There were four pages in this project meant to explain the recycling processes for different materials to young children. Initially I was to copy the original illustration, but in my style. Unfortunately, the original illustrations were quite fanciful. For example, the image below is about how plastics are recycled. The second step in the original had a worker chopping the plastic up with an ax, like a lumberjack. Very easy to understand, but not at all how it works. That fit well with the silly cartoon characters from the original design, but not with my more realistic cartoon characters.
So, for my versions of the recycling process illustrations, I had to find a balance between the silly original concepts and what actually happens in a recycling plant. I couldn’t make it completely realistic because the function of much of the equipment actually used is not obvious to an outside observer, and particularly not to young kids. But I couldn’t make it too silly or it wouldn’t fit the style.
So, for this image, my version of step two has whole plastic items coming down a conveyor belt into a machine and shredded plastic coming out the other end. Still not exactly how it looks in a recycling center, but close enough to be clearly understood without being too silly.
So, the simplified steps for plastic recycling for this page are: Sorting, Chopping, Melting, Forming into Pellets, and Making New Products.
Recycling Book – Page 15
Here’s an image that appears on page 15 of a coloring book about recycling commissioned by Positive Promotions for Earth Day. Text to be added to the speech bubbles in production.
