Bathtub Sketch

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Why do illustrators always draw these old-fashioned claw-footed bathtubs, even though no house built in the last half century actually has them?  Well, just think what a modern bathtub looks like.  A basin inside a box that fits flush to the walls.  It’s not curvy or fun in the least.  Boring.  Claw-footed tubs are much more fun to draw.

Yeah, I know.  I forgot the faucet.

Actually, I didn’t forget so much as chose not to draw it because A. I don’t really like how it looks, B. I thought it would distract from the bubbles, and C. I didn’t think it was necessary to convey the idea.   🙂

Seagulls Sketch

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For you, Ms. Zoch.  🙂

I added some items to my Zazzle store using this design.

Baby Bunny Sketch

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Something a little different today. 🙂

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Illustration Friday – Shy

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Everyone’s shy at a middle school mixer.

Grounded – Final Version

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I finally finished this one off.  It was originally a sketch for Illustration Friday on a week when the word was grounded.

Illustration Friday – Haunt

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Thank you, Penelope with Illustration Friday, for choosing my prompt again this week.

I used a font called ROCKY AOE by Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute. The rest of the image is entirely my own work.

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Photomanipulation: Butterfly on Flowers

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I was playing with Photoshop today and photomanipulated this.  It should look like a realistic butterfly perched on a watercolor-ish flower cluster.  What do you think?

The butterfly is a Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).  I’m not sure what the flower is, but it’s one of those common landscaping flowers you see in planters and beds all over the place.  I took this photo at a mini-golf course last summer in Sister Bay, Wisconsin.

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Macro Flowers and Plants – Some with Cool Bugs

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The bee and the chrysanthemum are available as prints and other products.

Diaper Book Stats

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Well, I haven’t looked in on my poor little diaper book in awhile. Last year I went to the SCBWI conference and showed an agent my book, but totally failed to remember exactly what my sales stats were when she asked me. That was embarrassing. So, this time I will have my numbers together.

What are my numbers? Well, I’m so glad you asked. First off, remember that this is a self-published book by a first-time, unknown author/illustrator and it was accompanied by little to no marketing. So, don’t expect big numbers.

It was first published in January 2010, though it didn’t sell much until I put it up for the kindle in May 2010.  To date I’ve sold 2,312 copies (43 paperbacks, 2269 ebooks) for a total of $1866.28 in royalties. The paperbacks are $9.75 and the ebook (both kindle and nook) are $1.99. The paperback is twice the price it should be, but that’s the best I can do with self-publishing. Sorry.

Would you like to buy a copy? Well, that would be great! You could get a paperback, a nook, or a kindle copy.

PrintEdit:  
The Third Edition (left) with all new illustrations is now out.  The original edition (above) is now out of print. The new one is currently available on Amazon both in print and for kindle. It should be available at other online bookselllers soon and I’m working on getting it up on the nook. In the meantime, if you’d like a digital copy for your non-kindle eReader, contact me and I’ll sell you a PDF or epub version directly.