Author Sketch: Matt Phelan

Headed over to A Children's Place Bookstore on Saturday to catch illustrator/author Matt Phelan talk about his book "The Storm in the Barn" which was just turned into a theater production by Oregon Children's Theater. Matt was in town to watch the world premier. Really excellent work and a super nice guy.

Ed Emberly Illustrator

In a effort to branch out a bit I'm going to deviate from my usual postings of a project or doodle that I've done and introduce some things (images, text, video etc) of other illustrators who I think are cool.I came across this Lynda.com video that they have made available featuring illustrator/author Ed Emberly. I've been aware of his work for years but never knew much about him.  Well that has now been rectified! Take a look. (Be sure to hang in for the Paul Bunyan "promotional" poster. Totally worth it!)

Getting to know Ed

Ed Emberley, Children's Book Illustrator | by Ed Emberley

View this entire course and more in the lynda.com Online Training Library®.

Recent Sketch: Allen Say

Illustrator and author Allen Say was doing a talk / book signing at A Children's Place bookstore this weekend to promote his recent book  "The Boy in the Garden". I headed down to listen and check out all the new titles and couldn't resist doing a drawing while the talk was going on.

Author Visit: David Shannon in PDX

Headed down to "A Children's Place" bookstore today to catch David Shannon reading "It's Christmas David!"from the latest in his "No, David!" series. Really good presentation and he did a "How To" drawing demo; to which, I dutifully followed along (although I noticed that none of the 4 and 5 year olds in the audience bothered to -- slackers)

Upcoming Event

My studio partner and I will be giving a talk about the life and process of an illustrator as part of "A Children's Place" bookstore's upcoming 35 anniversary. This is the first time I've done a ticketed event. Feels pretty high-class!

PIXEL SHOW

This last weekend was PIXEL: Artists who use the computer
The show featured artwork, demos, and discussions by illustrators from all over the country who use digital mediums.

The invited artists include:
J. Otto Seibold
LeUyen Pham
David Hohn
Tadahiro Uesugi
Darrel Anderson
Martin French
Echo Chernik
Brian Despain
Greg Epkes
Jon Foster
Jason Felix
Lee Moyer
Tyson Mangelsdorf

There were a number of moderated discussions and demos by invited artists but I particularly enjoyed J. Otto Seibold's talk about his work. Here's a picture of J. Otto as he was talking:




I'm looking forward to participating similar illustrator-oriented events here in Portland.