Category: Children’s Illustrations

Illustration Friday: Jump

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This week’s Illustration Friday prompt was jump.  I was going to just repost my lovely swimmer children.  But, then I decided to do a little more.  For those of you who saw the work in progress sketches for these two, you might remember that these were not created for the same scene.  But I decided to change that and combine them into one scene formatted for a magazine cover.  So, I added a background and mocked up graphics for a Highlights Magazine.  So, here’s the plain image and the Highlights mock-up below.  Let me know what you think.

I am not in any way affiliated with Highlights Magazine and this is not a real Highlights cover.  Only an art sample.

Kittens in a Basket – Colored

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I decided to go ahead and finish it.

Kittens in Basket – Sketch

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I haven’t done anything really cute in awhile.  So, here.  What’s cuter than kittens in a basket?

Let’s Make Magic Poster for the SCBWI Conference

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Let's Make Magic Kansas SCBWI Annual Conference October 26th and 27th 2012

Let’s Make Magic
Kansas SCBWI Annual Conference
October 26th and 27th 2012

 

Let’s Make Magic: Final – I Think

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I think this is the final version.  I’ll put it aside for a week and then come back to it once the “Look at the masterpiece I just created!” buzz has faded.  Then I should be able to judge it more objectively and see if anything needs to be changed.

In the meantime, there’s nothing to keep all of you from commenting.  What do you think?   Is there anything that I need to change about this?  I haven’t double-checked the colors on my other monitor.  Do they look okay or are they too bright?  Does anything look awkward?   The wrong color?  Incorrect shadows?   If you notice anything, pleas let me know.  It’s digital, so I can still change quite a lot if necessary.

MAGIC for Fun and Profit

MAGIC for Fun and Profit

Jump In 2 – Final Version

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Here’s the finished version.  The first sketch showed him in mid-air over the water, as if caught in mid-leap.  Once I drew it, I decided he kind of looked like he was already in the water.  I think it would work either way, but I already did a mid-leap image last time.  I thought drawing bubbles in this would be fun, so I put him underwater.  Same font as the other one: Komika Boo.