Put Down That Cat!
Category: Children’s Illustrations
See, Talk
A couple of tiny spot illustrations for a 1st grade textbook for Hart McLeod.
Copyright © 2014
Hart McLeod Ltd.
Wordless Comic Strip
I can’t remember if I posted this yet. Another Hart McLeod one for a third grade textbook. This one was supposed to be an intentionally vague, wordless comic strip. The student is supposed to write a story explaining what frightened the stick-man.
So, what do YOU think happened in this strip?
Vacuum Ate Cat
Here’s an illustration for Hart McLeod for a third grade textbook. It goes along with a poem where the vacuum ate the cat.
Instructions for Making a Pop-Up Card
Here’s an image illustrating some instructions on how to make a pop-up greeting card. Created for Hart McLeod for a third grade textbook.
Girl Reading
Mouse with Mushrooms
A few days ago I was in the mood to take requests. Elaethyra asked for a mouse sitting on a mushroom using another mushroom as an umbrella. Well, the rainy April weather’s been particularly inspiring for that sort of piece, so here you go.
I was playing with Kyle’s Real Watercolor brushes, which are rather impressive Photoshop brushes.
Revised Illustration
So, I asked for critiques on this and thank you so much for the suggestions. I made some changes and here’s the revised illustration.
Don’t Make the Grizzly Angry
This was an experimental piece. I was practicing several things.
– Cartoon females in this sort of bit-headed cute style.
– Expressive poses (body and face)
– Full background
I’m not really sure what’s going on in this scene except that it’s probably not a good idea for a cat to tick off a grizzly.
Since this was an experiment, I welcome critique and feedback on this piece.
Revised “Poets” for Hart McLeod
I was asked to revise this to make both characters non-white so as to increase the diversity of the illustrations in the textbook. I left the girl as she was, since she was already brown-skinned. The boy became black with dreadlocks. (Because dreadlocks are fun to draw.)
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 