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.

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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.

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I just found out that the book I illustrated will be off the press tomorrow. In honor of that I am posting my frog bow tie guy. I am somewhat nervous to see the printed version of the book. I've never experienced this before.