Illustrators 52

This week I heard back that my Kawasaki Exit illustration will be included in the next Society of Illustrators (NY) book and exhibit. Yeah!


At first I colored the bear pink,
but the client needed it to be blue.

Kawasaki Exit

A theatre poster for a new play titled "Kawasaki Exit" written and directed by Blake Brooker premiering in January. I was lucky to meet Blake and OYR Ensemble artist Denise Clarke at a tea shop last spring. They noticed me sketching and introduced themselves, asking about my work.
I was contacted a month ago to do this poster, I was able to listen in on a reading of the play before I started working on the illustration, which was a treat.

Here is a synopsis of the play from OYR's website:
An unlikely trio threads through the misty outskirts of Tokyo, stocking up on vodka and briquettes for their final ride. Equal parts mystery and love story, Kawasaki Exit is inspired by the real-life dark side of Japanese social networking sites. This original new play is performed in English and Japanese by the award-winning One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble. Written by Blake Brooker with translation by Manami Hara.

Visit the website of One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre for more info:
http://www.oyr.org/

Z is for Zombie

Happy Halloween!
This was inspired by an article I read, letter Z did not appear in the text. I found it interesting how little the letter Z is used.

The Quiet Book

Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of Little Panda!!!
In celebration I thought I would put up the 1st look of my next book.
The Quiet Book, written by Deborah Underwood and published by my Little Panda publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
I am pretty excited about The Quiet Book, it was a lot of fun to do! The way it is written allowed me to develop the story through my pictures so it is extra special to me. Plus I am actually working on the sequel to The Quiet Book right now!

The Quiet Book is coming next spring, April 2010.
For more info about the author visit her website here:
http://www.deborahunderwoodbooks.com/

Shake those Booties and Tails

Ever since I discovered Big Band streaming stations, I can't stop drawing dancing critters. I can see them shaking their paws and booties and tails to the rhythm of old dancing tunes from 20s, 30s and 40s. I listen to this fine music on the FStream App using ShoutCast streaming in a section called Big on my IPod.

Good day to you!

A drawing I did for a birthday card a while back.

Update to Store

I have updated my online store with a show of critters.

http://uwaga.bigcartel.com/

Rodents

Did these in my sketchbook last week. They were in the news here.

Digging the Beach

Last week I was drawing at the beach! (in Vancouver)

This was fun!

I was happy to contribute this little drawing to celebrate the 3 year anniversary of a children's art blog by Issac, Grace, and Lily.
The idea was to use one of their drawings as inspiration for your own picture
It's actually quite a tough thing to do, the original drawing is so wonderful.
Check out the link below, the other artists created some wonderful images.
http://isaacgracelily.blogspot.com/2009/08/3-year-celebration.html