Endings and Beginnings

Above is a detail from a spread I'm working on for the Sled Ride book. I'm heading to the finish line with the final art...

... and here are the different stages of each page crossed off from my thumbnail list. (Very satisfying to see all those "x's" accumulate!) Next it will be time to look everything over for final tweaks and then...












... it's back to the beginning again, with sketches of this fine fellow!

Detail

On The Desk & In The Queue

I'm working away on final art for the Sled Ride book and thinking (again!) about how to decide when a piece is finished. It's one of those questions you have to figure out over and over...

And, two more exciting book projects are lined up in the queue! (Yay!) I'll post more about them in the coming months...

(Also, fortunately, my drawing arm was not strained by the amount of pie it shoveled into my mouth this past weekend...)

Painting, Happily.

(And, we finally got our power back! After eight days without. 7 days of no electricity because of Irene + 8 days due to Alfred = way too many days without electricity! I'll spare you my rant.)