Cats (or should I say bears 🐻 ) is out of the bag! My next book was announced today! It’s a super cute story and I’m excited to be working on it with Troy.
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“Goldibooks and the Wee Bear”
“Goldibooks and the Wee Bear”
Today is the book birthday for Troy Wilson and my book, “Goldibooks and the Wee Bear” (Running Press). It takes the classic Goldlocks fairy tale and puts a spin on it. Instead Wee Bear breaks into Goldibook’s house and finds books! Its message that despite their differences, reading can bring people together.
Another childhood favorite book was Tomie dePaola’s “Strega Nona” (Grandma Witch in Italian). I loved the story as a kid cause it kinda reminded me of Disney’s Fantasia, Sourcerer’s Apprentice. May have been derived from the same folk tale. Strega Nona does have more books about her and her adventures, but this was the very first one I read as a kid.
If your unfamiliar with the story, Strega Nona looks for help and hires Big Anthony to take care of things around her home, and one day he witnesses her use her magic cooking pot that can make pasta out of nothing. He only sees part of the spell she casts to make the magic pasta. She decides one day to visit another fellow witch. Big Anthony decides to use the magic pot and feed the town with it, but because he didn’t know how to stop the pot it kept making pasta until it swallowed up the town. Luckily Strega Nona comes back in time to finish the spell.
In my version is its more in modern time and Strega Nona has quite the fashion sense being a grandma witch. Instead of visiting another witch, perhaps they all meet up to play the slot machines at their local casino. lol
A few of my Hello Kitty cat illustrations.
Happy Book Birthday!!!! Written by Josh Funk and illustrated by moi, IT’S NOT THE THREE LITTLE PIGS, is now out in the world. It isu the fourth book in the IT’S NOT fractured fairytale series. It has it all: comedy, drama, mystery, fantasy, and adventure. Now available online and at your local bookstores! Just in time for you early holiday shoppers lol Here are a few of the spreads from the beginning of the book. Will you be able to find all the hidden fairytale Easter eggs in the book?
Josh Funk and my book “It’s Not Hansel and Gretel” are still in the running for The Goodreads Choice Awards 2019!!!! If you haven’t voted yet be sure to vote for little Hansel and Gretel! Or the sweet old lady (by the way she’s a witch). Lol. https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-picture-books-2019?fbclid=IwAR00lpBOXdkZ6Yrl1YyTemgB03A7L6JANro9QLLsTpGFjXJZSQ5KIC7FVwg
Found out that ATKPLN won Addy awards for “Arli and the World of Wonderful”, the Arlington tourism short. It won gold for animation category, and also “judges choice”! Here are some Character Design Sheets I did for the short. Thanks again to my Director Barrett for having me on the project as Character Designer. It was a lot of fun to work on and loved how it turned out.
This months Pinch Punch Post for October was Cat. Decided to do a fan art piece of Rumpus Animation’s point and click adventure game “The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle“. Not only is it fun, but it has a unique and fun art style. If you haven’t played episode 1 yet, do so. Cant wait for episode 2 to come out.
Had some time to do a Jean Grey design to add to my 90s X-Men Lineup. When I was a kid, I would wake up early on Saturday mornings just to record episodes of the 90s X-Men animation tv show. This was back when VHS tapes existed. lol When I got older I transferred all those VHS tapes into DVDs. They even have the original commercials.
X-Men was my favorite show, which also had a huge influence on me as an artist, my love for the comic books, and my goals to be an artist. I have so many old sketchbooks with my fan art for these merry mutants. lol Here’s the lineup so far. When I have more free time, I’m gonna try to get the rest of the team done.
Since people seemed to like my Tony the Tiger Fan Art piece, I decided to explore how I would design other well known cereal mascots. So here is one of my favorites, Cap’n Crunch.
This week’s “Fantasmical Fridays” is back. The theme is Spooky Valentine’s Day Cards. Here is the first one based off a vintage V Day card. Also my first illustration of the year. lol
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