#childrens illustration
Today we mourn the passing of Jan Pieńkowski - the Polish-born British author and illustrator who we love for the Meg and Mog tales, his astonishing silhouette illustrations, and on this blog in particular, his unforgettable Ghosts and Boglesartwork.
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My new short animation - Breakfasts. A compilation of modern day breakfasts. Enjoy! xx
Ella the Gorilla is Out on Amazon (and Kindle)
When Rama Alshareef and Mawya Alfadda contacted me to illustrate a children’s book on science, I was not super fascinated. I didn’t think the story, any science-oriented story, would be fun. Also, with a gorilla and a bee as protagonists, I did not want to tackle the scale problem. The young writers had a dream, but they didn’t have the vision. They were not ready at the time. So I asked them to work on a detailed briefing which they shared a month later. When I read it, I jumped in without a second thought.
Why? I’ll tell you in future blog posts . I’ll write about the creative process, character design, thumbnail sketches, color design, the actual painting process and the different methods I followed, and I’ll tell you also about the visual storytelling approaches I adapted working on the scenes: how I thought about composition, perspective, visual effects, the use of blur, hiding in the story, appeal, relatability, the passage of time, mood, and other concepts that I really enjoyed playing with consciously as I worked on the book.
Get Your Copy
For now, I’ll leave you with some of the illustrations and a link to the book on Amazon. Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/603039553X.
Seeking a freelance children’s book illustrator to hire? Contact me today: https://www.alhyari.art/quote-form
“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari
Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator
School Assignment- reimagining a childrens book spread!
Book- Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman.
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Hey, all: check out the whole process with 12+ wip pics on my blog: erinvaganos.wordpress.com
Thanks for looking!
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Credit: Bernard Waber (USA, 1921-2013). Snippet of canine representation in the children’s book Bernard, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982). A resonant image, in a book about divorce, for many of us.
The Fabric Merchant’s Son (Work in Progress)
Hi everyone! I keep talking about this book without showing anything, so here’s a short preview. Big change in style from Wendell the Wendigo (there’s no murder involved this time). Nevertheless, please give it a chance :)
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Anyone going to participate in #mermay this year? We’re just two days away until the challenge begins. I don’t know how many mermaids I’m going to be able draw in May but I hope I can do a lot.
Also, I like to thank you guys for over 10k followers here on Tumblr! Its been a long accomplishment here, but we finally made it! I really appreciate you guys for sticking with me this long!
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A while ago, I drew all these puppies for American Girl Magazine, which are stickers in their May/June issue. They sent me copies of this issue by surprise. I didn’t even expect that or even knew these were out! Drawing these dogs for them was a great opportunity!
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Did the #ArtvsArtist thing, because I need to update something here.
I can reassure that I’m okay. Just been staying off online; mainly social media for metal health reasons. Plus, I’ve been busy working on a lot of NDA stuff, so I really haven’t had much opportunity to create new personal art. But hopefully that will change in the next coming weeks!
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