Last Week of Mini-Interviews
It's time for our Mini-Interview Series Grand Finale! For the past 3 years, we have interviewed Illustrators and Author-Illustrators. It has been a fantastic opportunity while we have shared them with you. We are seeing busier times in our lives these days and are retiring the Mini-Interviews. If you want to
A Mini-Interview with Zachariah OHora
Hello again! Happy Thanksgiving week! Welcome back to week four of our 2013 November Mini-Interviews. People, it's time to celebrate! I have here with me the most talented Zachariah OHora. The first time I saw Zach's work I was at a bookstore. I opened "No Fits, Nilson!" and was immediately attracted
A Mini-Interview with Brian Won
Welcome to our third week of the 2013 November Mini-Interviews. This week, I have invited an author-illustrator whose work I love. The most wonderful Brian Won. I saw Brian's work for the first time at Lost Weekend 2012. Brian was a Mentee from the 2012 SCBWI Los Angeles Conference. I immediately
A Mini-Interview with Yuyi Morales
Hello again! Welcome to our second week of the 2013 November Mini-Interviews. This week, I have the huge pleasure to bring you the most wonderful author-illustrator, Yuyi Morales. I am fascinated with Yuyi's work. Completely. Utterly. Needless to say I am beyond excited to have her as a guest. I know
A Mini-Interview with Marta Altes
Welcome to our first interview for the 2013 November Mini-Interviews. I'm starting by introducing you to the work of the Spanish author-illustrator, Marta Altés. Marta has a fun, loose style. I found her work online a year ago and immediately loved it. So when it came time to short list our
The November Mini-Interviews 2013
The 2013 Mini-Interviews are back with more interviews, more guests, and more weeks! Our focus for 2013: Author-Illustrators! For this year, we have 20 Picture Book Authors-Illustrators visiting our blogs. Once again, we will be hosting the Mini-Interviews on our blogs with our regular posting schedule: my blog on Tuesdays, Molly
A Cover for SCBWI Bulletin
I was asked to work on the cover of SCBWI Bulletin for their September-October 2013 issue. The only requirement was to include a kite on the illustration. I wanted to illustrate the kite as a main element in the composition instead of it just being
Stats and KOLO Giveaway Winner
This series started with the idea of one post and ended up in a whole month and a half of planning, writing and thinking
The Craft of Portfolio Artwork Mounting + KOLO Giveaway
Hello there! Welcome to the last post in The Craft of Portfolio Making Series. Today, I will show you how to mount your artwork to a Kolo album. I am also holding a Giveaway for a Kolo Newport 8.5"x11" or 11"x14" Album (your choice). But first, let's recap. Over the past 2
Mentee Portfolio vs. Grand Prize Winner Portfolio
Hi again! The Craft of Portfolio Making - Post #2 is here! Last week, we worked on putting together your brand new Physical Portfolio on the post "How to Put a Children's Illustrator Portfolio Together". Today, I will try to expand on what we briefly touched on Image Selection and Flow