Weekly Bow Tie Guy

Tenebrous (ˈtenəbrəs)
Meaning dark, gloomy, shadowy, or obscure. This is the third assignment for one of the illustration classes I teach. These ameba like creatures have been dancing around in my head and sketch book for the past few years. I do not think it will be the last of them. I was happy to finally get something out there though. My classes comment on this was that I can't draw something that looks scary. I have to agree (I have been to greatly influenced by the muppets). I created it more as a mystery. What are these aliens doing? Are they abducting him or just helping him brush his teeth?

No Bow Tie Guy Week

This is the second assignment for one of my classes. I asked the class to illustrate “Hope.” They did a great job. My approach was to depict a child and how even in light of there being a small pool of water, he was looking forward to the rain that would create more.

Weekly Bow Tie Guy

Five (fīv)
This is an assignment I gave to one of my illustration classes. We were to illustrate the word five. I decided to depict the word by not depicting it.

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Hippopotamus (ˌhipəˈpätəməs)
A word for water horse. Hippos have always been one of those animals that I loved. Again they are awkward. I've drawn them in the past, but this has been one I have been struggling with for what seems like years. Trying to draw it with a bow tie that can be seen was a challenge.

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Giraffe (jəˈraf)
This is the tallest living animal. In studying them, I realized how peculiar they are.

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Dragon (ˈdragən)
This is one I have been working on for a long time. I love drawing dragons. I've been drawing them for a long time. When I come to a blank page in my sketch book and I don't have any idea of what to draw, I draw a dragon. With this one I wanted to move away from my traditional approach. I mostly changed the head. Since the Freddy book and the theater posters I have been more comfortable with my use of color.

Book update

Fat Freddy's Afraid to Fall is now available to purchase. Before I got to look at my copy, my oldest daughter (9 yrs old) read through it and gave me a critique of my illustrations and what I needed to change. I wonder where she learned that from.

There have been some problems with the Barnes and Noble page so you can also purchase it at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Speak-Me-Freddys-Afraid-Fall/dp/0982156340/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1249014853&sr=8-6
I just checked and there are five more left. (they will get more though). If you like the book and the illustrations leave feedback.