I’m working on updating my website and all my social media. Everything’s going to go with this new logo.
What do you think?
My name is using my Big Bottom Cartoon font (Available for free!) and “Illustrator” is using the Amery font.
I’ll be putting it up on everything soon!
Here’s another full-page spread for my current picture book commission. Turkeys, rabbits, deer, and an owl. No coyotes.
It’s just a simple little stick figure jumping rope, but it’s my first ever animation. I made the frames in Illustrator and animated them in Photoshop. It consists of ten frames at .05 seconds each, so a rate of 20 frames a second. I figured out the timing by singing “Miss Mary Mac” at the tempo that goes with jumping rope and set the speed to match that. (Though it still might be just a bit too fast, I’m not sure.) It’s not very fancy, but I’m proud of it. 
I may have overdone her bouncy hair a bit, though.
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.
Edit:
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.
Yesterday’s illustration was kind of scary. I think I was still thinking about the chain gang I did last week for stripes. So, I felt like I wanted to do something friendlier. So, here’s Litte Bo Peep.
“Shhh! She’ll never find us!”
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 