IF: disguise

Undisguised pride - my daughter turned eleven a short while ago.

Healthy, happy, bright and beautiful!

We do have bunnies in our back and front yard. They are not so well fed looking. They don't get cake. We call them children of "Skinny", a rabbit that was eating my grass a year or so back - but never looked well fed. They are all "skinnys"!

IF: swell

Really riding the swell

From a book created by my very good friend Lance Hutto and myself - seems a very long time ago...

Samples of the book!

The art was created entirely with the then Mac only application Studio Artist.

IF: Obsession

A great literary obsession

IF: stay

Sad retro/future computer dog told to "Stay!"

IF: Midsummer Night

A fun subject to play with form and color with.

IF: asleep again

Hardly a shadow at all.

This is more like what I wanted to create with the previous IF (asleep) post. A very long thin wrapping image with a more organic feeling. Done with Studio Artist (line) and Photoshop (color)

IF: asleep

Like Sleeping Beauty.

The image here is closer to my original intent.

Both these images were created with Studio Artist (line) and Photoshop (color)

IF: beginner

Got to start somewhere.

Erin Vaganos

This last year I had the opportunity to work with a some great seasoned artists and total newcomers developing a new collection of read aloud childrens books for Starfall.

Erin Vaganos, a fantastic painter has created two really beautiful books for us. The Frog Prince and The Ant and the Chysalis. Erin is new to the print world. Have a look at her rich, colorful illustrations:

Web site: www.goldenquincestudios.com

Blog: Goldenquince

FB: Goldenquince

IF: bicycle

It is almost impossible to draw a good bicycle... At least I can't.

This is an oldie from a collection of books written by Margaret Hillert created by Starfall.

The art was created using Creaturehouse Expression3 - a really great application that still exists - sort of... bought and gutted by Microsoft.

IF: bottled

Can't keep it bottled.

IF: duet

It would be fun to hear these two sing together.

Toy?

Created with Photoshop - looking to emulate a large ragged brush appearance. A style reminiscent of two color (black line and a wash overlay) magazine illustration from the "old" days.

IF: stir

Stirring up trouble - terribly late for the prompt "stir" on Illustration Friday.

This image was created with TabletDraw(rough) and the final line and color in Photoshop.

IF: warning

Without warning, they pounced!

Playing with some interesting Presets in Studio Artist