Mermay: Week 4
Today's the last day of May, and therefore the end of Mermay :) I was away for a week but still managed to squeeze a few more mermaid drawings ... Read More
Today's the last day of May, and therefore the end of Mermay :) I was away for a week but still managed to squeeze a few more mermaid drawings ... Read More
Hi guys, it's obvious that between drawing all these mermaids, and some tragic personal family stuff (extended family, we are all fine here), I have not been writing any articles this month! I'll be back in form soon! But for now...here's some more mermaids. Ref 1, Ref ... Read More
Here's my second batch of Mermaids for #mermay! I'm not quite managing daily, but five a week is still pretty good for me :) Follow along on Instagram or ... Read More
I'm attempting to draw a mermaid every day in May. I'm already a couple behind, but I'm having a lot of fun! You can follow along on Twitter or Instagram, and you can see what other mermaid crazy artists are drawing by searching for the hashtag #mermay Here's my first batch of mermaids. ... Read More
This morning I read a fantastic article about book cover design. You can (and should) read the whole article over at Digital Book World but here's the gist of it: Jellybooks does analytics testing for book publishers where readers can choose ARCs to read in exchange for allowing Jellybooks ... Read More
If you don't know why you should bother taking your own reference photos, read last week's post: 3 Reasons to Shoot Your Own Reference Photos. As a professional photographer, reference photos are the spot where my two skill sets come together. These are my tips for taking great reference ... Read More
Another sketch of Etta from my upcoming YA novel Mermaid Problems. You can see the reference image ... Read More
I love to draw from photo references, it's how I do my best work. For years I fought it with the misguided notion that "real artists" could just draw well from their heads. Well, my friends, there are some who do, and many more who work from a reference or combination of references to get their ... Read More
Here's a new cover I did for Nicole O'Dell's upcoming book Just What I Almost Wanted. I'm still working on the cover wrap, so I'll post a behind the scenes peek once it's all wrapped up (pun...intended?). But I will tell you that it involved a fun photoshoot and at least four small children ... Read More