Archive for November, 2011
Same, Same But Different – A Giveaway!
* * * * The Giveaway winner is CAROL! Thank you for all your comments. Congrats, Carol! * * * * Same, Same But Different is the new book out by children’s author/illustrator Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (you can read her 2008 IF interview here!). The story is about Elliot who lives in America and Kailash who [...]
Posted: November 22nd, 2011 under children's art, giveaway.
Comments: 88
Made to Play by Made by Joel
The holidays are almost here, and I am excited to drown my kids in as much fun as I can afford. Before we rush off to the toy store though, can we share a minute to consider the book, the blog, and the message of Joel Henriques? I bought Made to Play a few weeks [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2011 under artists.
Comments: 2
Eat Pretty for the Holidays
They Draw & Cook, the illustrated recipe site, is hosting another contest. This one is sponsored by YouBeauty.com and is called Eat Pretty for the Holidays. If you have a favorite healthy holiday recipe that deserves a little of your artistic embellishment, head on over to TDAC and take a shot at their $500 grand [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2011 under contests/projects.
Comments: none
Our Family Sketchbooks
Here is another pet project of mine, well, my family’s. About a year ago, I bought my baby son his first sketchbook. Thanks to his collaborative spirit, the book quickly became a family sketchbook where he practiced his shapes and scribbles, my wife doodled and taught the alphabet, and I drew portraits of my son, [...]
Posted: November 8th, 2011 under artists.
Comments: 6
Master of the Month :: Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry is an American cartoonist and teacher best known for her comic strip, Ernie Pook’s Comeek, and What It Is, an instructional “autobiofictionalography” for which she won an Eisner award. Linda Barry grew up in a diverse neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. Her parents divorced when she was 12. She changed her name to Lynda [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2011 under artists.
Comments: 6