Here's the finished to 1/3 of a the greeting card rough I published last week. I changed the background from a yellow-green to yellow-orange. It just worked better with the border color (not seen).
And if you don't remember, below is the rough:
I'm currently working on sketches for a picture book I am writing. I'm not completely finished with the text either. I'm trying to work on the pictures and the text at the same time to get a nice balance.
I illustrated this series for Scholastic called I'm Reading Now! There are 4 sets to be published throughout the year, with the first set (shown here) coming out in September. Available through Scholastic Book Clubs.
Each set comes with 8 books, about the adventures of a 5 and 4 year old named Ben and Ruby.
I just recently finished the last set; it was sad to see Ben and Ruby go. But it was very rewarding to see the printed books for these- I'm happy with the way it turned out.
I've got several things I'm working on presently, and this greeting card is one of them. What you see is just the top half of the illustrated copy on the rough, so the colors aren't added or flushed out yet. I have decided, though, that the background will be a bright green/yellow. The above copy will be laying on top of. The card category is "everyday/encouragement". Not for children, though, as the inside copy says something about having margaritas!
This is just a portion of a larger piece, but I like this little guy pulled out of his context. And I like drawing the little pups. He's either waiting for a ball to be tossed to him or waving to someone. He's having fun, regardless.
This is part of an illustration that I did a while ago for a book called I Love you the World. I was happy with the softness of this one.
watercolour
This is a rabbit character I've been working on... his name is Lester. (he's reading Tales of Pirate Rabbit)
Hmmm, I haven't done too many bunnies. This is a Xmas postcard that I did a few years ago. It was 90 degrees and muggy here today so some snow would feel really good about now.
I did this piece a while back for Illustration Friday and it is still one of my favourites. Flirty rabbits - love 'em :)
Every now and then a rabbit appears in my work. This is from a series of spots I painted a couple of years ago. I still think the animals are pretty cute.
