Balanced Diet

The following is a picture I made in Japan that I wanted to put it. It's still in a rough draft phase, because there are some aspects of it I want to change. The background and the red pins were photographs I took, but they didn't turn out very well. For instance, there is a blueish hue to the pins. The background was made out of felt, but the colors are a little too desaturated, at least the sky part, which looks gray rather than blue. Anyways, in the future I'd like to do a book that has this style throughout.

Back in the USA

I apologize for the lack of posts lately. For the last month I have been preparing to move back to the USA from Japan, so I've been busy. Anyways, during that time I made an art flier for use at a Children's Book convention in New York. The convention happened last month I think, and I haven't received any contacts from my fliers being there yet, so I'm not sure if they were received well. But it was fun making the flier. Here is what I settled on, though I only had a short time to get it ready and out the door-



It's supposed to resemble a cereal box, full of Matty goodness! More posts to come soon. Also check out my tea blog at http://ochaniverse.blogspot.com.

Thanks.

English Textbook Concept Sketches and Snowboard Sticker

Sorry I haven't updated in a while but I wanted to throw up to small pictures. The first is of three characters. The characters are concept characters for an English textbook. The choses character would appear throughout the book introducing lessons, etc. I'm trying to decide which of the tree is best. The characters also have friends (e.g. the otter pirate has a seal, parrot, and dolphin friend) but I only wanted to make one character for concept purposes.

The second picture is a snowboard sticker I made for one of the teachers at my school. If you have an opinion about the English textbook characters I'd love to hear. Thanks.