Recently Everything's Red

A larger project is on its way. Courtesy of the Sunset crew. #Butlr

Inside the House

This project was an overdue Christmas present from last year for my girlfriend. She loves miniatures and the movie The Borrower Arrietty, which featured a pretty remarkable doll house. So that was the jumping off point. The interiors and exteriors are all based on memories, locations, and possessions we shared together.

Inside the house are about nine rooms. Everything is made mostly of illustration board, paper, and some wood. Though certain furniture used Sculpey, foam, and cotton. All the color is gouache, acrylic, and colored pencil.

Here's a little tour:

The Library

The Living Room

The Entryway

The Gallery

The Studio

The Hallway

The Master Bedroom

What 2012 Was For Me

It's weird - how limiting a blog post is. I spent over a year working on this, but how do I take an audience along through the journey - all the pitfalls and small successes? Maybe if someone sees it, they'll get it. I'll add more posts about this soon so look out!

Papers

From my pockets, to you.

Visuals

I can only show a few images per story, so here are some of my favorites. These ones are from the ebook "Daisy and the Dragons" mentioned in the previous post. It's this kids' book about this young girl Daisy (our eponymous hero) who encounters two dragons while roaming about the countryside. There's a red one and a blue one, and all evidence presents both of them as hostile beasts. However, using her wits, Daisy is able to overcome her individual troubles.

This was a fun project to work on with all the characters and interactions. I made a lot of discoveries and found some new effects with the medium. Plus, Intuary gave me free reign to do whatever I liked with the backgrounds! If you download the app, I think you'll see the play in each page.

That's about it for this story. Check out other RISD '11 profiles to see some more examples of Farfaria illustration! It seems the pool is growing every day. Also, here's a bonus image from the previous ebook. The frog page.

Book Two

I've got a second story up on Intuary's Farfaria app, check it out: http://www.farfaria.com/stories/title/daisy-and-the-dragons

Now that it's published I can show some work from this big stack on my desk. Expect some illustrations and another post shortly!

New eBook is Out

They finally did it! Intuary's ipad app Farfaria was launched just the other day, and with it my book work! "Lullaby in the Swamp," written by Christine Sawinski and illustrated by yours truly, is a poetic story about animal residents of a swamp as evening transitions to a magical, peaceful night. The link to the story is here, and for ipad users you can get a free 30-day trial of the app.

At last, I'm allowed to post some of the work, which has been waiting since the fall! Here's one page illustration; it depicts a nest of mourning doves settling in for the night, as dragonflies and a rogue fairy find other things to do. The medium is gouache and colored pencil.

If you're curious about the other pages, get the 30-day-free app! And tell me how it looks (I haven't got an ipad, unfortunately). Another story is in the works too, with a greater emphasis on fantastical characters and not so many night scenes!