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Showing posts with label Murgatroyd Buttercups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Murgatroyd Buttercups. Show all posts
The Scene in Simple Town
Today's drawing:
Now that I put this up, I don't know about the windows in the building. Should I just make them solid white?
How I Lost My New Year's Resolution and Won Summer
For me, summer has different responsibilities than the rest of the year, and her name starts with a Z. It's amazing how one small human can be so much more responsibility than fifty odd farm animals, but so it is. I didn't exactly keep my New Year's Resolution of drawing every single day, but I did keep the spirit of it, remaining creatively productive for most days.
For instance, I worked with Alex Bledsoe to finish The Tufa Coloring Book on time, and put that out mid-August.
And then there was this anthology, Ellipsis, that really came out of nowhere, wanting to publish my story. Which was great! Fine! Wonderful! So I just sent them the story, and watched in amazement as someone else published it. What is this? I thought. Wait, I don't have to do everything? I just write the thing and they do the rest? This is amazing! So that at least gives me the appearance of having done something over the summer, although I really wrote the story a while ago. (Did I ever mention that it came out? It's available! And it has no reviews yet, but I hear it's really funny. And all profits go to charity. How cool is that?)
And somehow, I also hosted several visitors, toured Portugal, and helped my daughter take her sheep, Candy Darling (named by me after that Candy Darling), to win Grand Champion Exotic Animal at the county fair! What a summer!
But now it's over. And I am back to drawing every day. Another book deadline draws nigh: I'm illustrating the children's book, "Murgatroyd Buttercups."
Yesterday, I was working on Murgatroyd's flying.
For instance, I worked with Alex Bledsoe to finish The Tufa Coloring Book on time, and put that out mid-August.
And then there was this anthology, Ellipsis, that really came out of nowhere, wanting to publish my story. Which was great! Fine! Wonderful! So I just sent them the story, and watched in amazement as someone else published it. What is this? I thought. Wait, I don't have to do everything? I just write the thing and they do the rest? This is amazing! So that at least gives me the appearance of having done something over the summer, although I really wrote the story a while ago. (Did I ever mention that it came out? It's available! And it has no reviews yet, but I hear it's really funny. And all profits go to charity. How cool is that?)
And somehow, I also hosted several visitors, toured Portugal, and helped my daughter take her sheep, Candy Darling (named by me after that Candy Darling), to win Grand Champion Exotic Animal at the county fair! What a summer!
But now it's over. And I am back to drawing every day. Another book deadline draws nigh: I'm illustrating the children's book, "Murgatroyd Buttercups."
Yesterday, I was working on Murgatroyd's flying.
Murgatroyd Buttercups is due September 27th-ish.
Getting Groceries with Murgatroyd
The hand is feeling better, now. Stitches out next week.
This is for the children's book I'm illustrating, "Murgatroyd Buttercups."
This is for the children's book I'm illustrating, "Murgatroyd Buttercups."
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This is a Happy Tree!
I did this illustration for the children's book, "Murgatroyd Buttercups" by Yosha Bourgea.
Feeling Spacey
It came to my attention last night with Professor Batty that, even if you follow this blog religiously, it's difficult to tell what I'm doing with all of these pictures. So, just to clarify:
1. I made a new year's resolution to draw every day, which I have pretty much kept.
2. The drawings fall under three categories:
a. Murgatroyd Buttercups: Murgatroyd Buttercups is a children's book, written by my old friend, Yosha Bourgea. He has asked me to illustrate this funny story for him, and I am happy to oblige. We're shooting for "some time this summer" as a release date.
b. Coloring Book of the Tufa: My friend Alex Bledsoe has asked if I might collaborate with him on a coloring book to accompany his fantasy novels about a race of people called the Tufa. Since I love the novels, I am happy to oblige. The coloring book, which does not yet have an official title, comes out this September, along with his next book, Chapel of Ease.
c. Other stuff! I do have another project in mind, but I don't feel ready to reveal the details, yet. They are still stewing around in my brain.
Today's drawing falls under "Other Stuff":
1. I made a new year's resolution to draw every day, which I have pretty much kept.
2. The drawings fall under three categories:
a. Murgatroyd Buttercups: Murgatroyd Buttercups is a children's book, written by my old friend, Yosha Bourgea. He has asked me to illustrate this funny story for him, and I am happy to oblige. We're shooting for "some time this summer" as a release date.
b. Coloring Book of the Tufa: My friend Alex Bledsoe has asked if I might collaborate with him on a coloring book to accompany his fantasy novels about a race of people called the Tufa. Since I love the novels, I am happy to oblige. The coloring book, which does not yet have an official title, comes out this September, along with his next book, Chapel of Ease.
c. Other stuff! I do have another project in mind, but I don't feel ready to reveal the details, yet. They are still stewing around in my brain.
Today's drawing falls under "Other Stuff":
Sleeping in a vat of warm beans
Murgatroyd Buttercups, sleeping in a vat of warm beans (as one does).
Murgatroyd Buttercups 2
This is another illustration for my friend Yosha Bourgea's children's book, Murgatroyd Buttercups.
Murgatroyd Buttercups
A friend of mine has asked me to illustrate a story he wrote entitled, "Murgatroyd Buttercups." This is my first idea for the first page, which says,
"This is Simple Town.
It is a quiet place.
Most of the time."
"This is Simple Town.
It is a quiet place.
Most of the time."
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