Safety Book – Interior Image – Page 7

Here’s an image for page 7 of a safety-themed coloring book commissioned by Positive Promotions.  This shows a boy puling the curtains away from a space heater his mom’s turning on.

Safety Book - Interior Page 7

Moving Day – Image 1

Another commission for Learning A-Z.  This one is a family packing up their living room and kitchen, getting ready to move.

One problem with this scene was that they wanted both rooms to show, but in a portrait-oriented image.  So, I decided to make this house a front-to-back split with a short stairway between the two levels. That let me put the two rooms one in front of the other, but with the kitchen a half-story higher so as to increase the height of the image and keep the living room from blocking it.

It’s done entirely in one-point perspective.  Everything except the people and a few curves was drawn with virtual rulers.

It’s probably a small mid-eighties tract home, judging by the layout.  One that’s been updated with wood floors and new appliances.  But the kitchen is still too small and it doesn’t have a dishwasher.  I’d move too, if I were them.

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Flying a Kite

My second kite-themed entry for the SCBWI Postcard Illustration Contest.

A delighted boy is carried aloft by his kite while his mother chases behind in a panic.

A delighted boy is carried aloft by his kite while his mother chases behind in a panic.