This is the image you'll see on the inside as you unfold the mailer:
And here's the whole sequence:
I'm pretty happy with this one, particularly the water, which was an experiment. Working as I do in elements, drawing each element separately, this is the kind of effect I can really take advantage of. Drawing this as one image and separating out elements would have been really difficult, otherwise. It takes a little more planning, but it's really become a satisfying way to work with line.
This turned out so well!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think so too. I'm trying to simplify my faces, since that's the criticism I get most from editors at these SCBWI conferences--my kids aren't appealing enough. So hopefully this is a more appealing approach.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful piece, Jed, it captures the imagination of a child and for some reason makes me feel nostalgic for simpler times.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kris! One of the things I was thinking about when I was doing this was LIttle Golden Book images, those great gouache paintings by guys like Tenngren. I remember being particularly compelled by Martin Provensen's illustrations of the Margaret Wise Brown book, Color Kittens (I'm looking at it right now, or I'd never get the names right).
ReplyDeleteHere's a peek at what I'm talking about:
http://tinyurl.com/3mqs2yv
And the cover to The Color Kittens:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_96dkAKP4Gdk/TPEGpUqh-VI/AAAAAAAAB18/6S8Spv9kgGQ/s1600/ng009.jpg
It was mainly the imagery of all those great colorful buckets of paint spilling allover everywhere. In fact I think I'm going to have to make a blog post about Provenson.
What a playful piece. Very fine work Jed. What a surprise to open the mailer and see the umbrella becomes a boat and riding the waves with fish. Beautiful work. Triple heart.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sheau!
ReplyDeleteYou and Ethan have to come visit!
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