ALMA Releasing in Two Weeks
I'm waking up my blog for Spring, and to share some wonderful and amazing news! I just received my author's copies of Alma, my first picture book as an author and illustrator! This can only mean that the book is coming out very soon! Alma will release from Candlewick Press on
Book Announcement: “La Princesa and the Pea”
I'm delighted to share that I'll be working with Susan Kochan and Cecilia Yung once again on my next picture book! LA PRINCESA AND THE PEA by Susan Middleton Elya, will be coming from Penguin in 2017! > Stay updated: email | rss | facebook
LA MADRE GOOSE: Sneak Peek
So thrilled to share a sneak peek at an illustration from my first picture book with Penguin Young Readers, LA MADRE GOOSE. The illustrations will be leaving the studio soon. I can't wait for this book to be out in the world! LA MADRE GOOSE G. P. Putman & Son's Penguin Random House Summer
Middle Grade Character Studies
I was recently working on some character studies geared towards middle grade. The characters were *almost* 12 years old. I've mostly worked on younger Picture Book age characters before, so there was some testing to do. In the image below, you will see my three rounds of sketches for the main
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
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
Illustration Friday Farewell
Penelope Dullaghan has decided to leave Illustration Friday. It is sad to see her go but I'm excited to see what she does next! She created a fantastic community where so many of us illustrators started getting the courage to show work. I was one of them :) Good luck, Penelope! >
Storybook Brushes Calendar Giveaway
Now that I got my copies of the Storybook Brushes Calendar, I can hold the GIVEAWAY! Whoop! THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED It's not only me having the Giveaway. Katriona and Maria also are and so will Angela a little later this week. What would you get? We are giving away 1 copy
Storybook Brushes
A few months ago, I received an email from Maria Bogade inviting me to be part of a small group of children's illustrators. The idea was to join forces and make quarterly mailers. Our first assignment? A fairy tale, 12-month calendar where each one of us would illustrate 3 months
Lucecita
I got the assignment to illustrate the story of "Lucecita" in late November. It was a super-rush (aka less than a week between sketches and finals) but as you are all already guessing, I took the project. The artwork was published on the November/December 2011 issue of Iguana Magazine and