Fotographical Friday: Double layer puzzle I did years ago.

Pissed-off poisson

New children’s book.

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Happy Mayforth!

(Amazing illustrator Hal Mayforth, that is)

  

Puzzling

I did this tray puzzle pre-fatherhood and just broke it out for My preschooler. It has two illustrations – color for the pieces, and black and white for the tray. Some elements are in the same place – sand, horizon, lifeguard chair – but the people are doing different things (which you can’t see here).

See horse

A self-drawn selfie for an article I illustrated.

Rejected

This was rejected by the wife…er, the client as too creepy.

Rejected sketch

I spy

What’s wrong with this drawing? While you ponder that, let me explain.

This is a sketch for the children’s archeology magazine, Dig, and the illustration is of a very old story about two brothers. As you can see, the one on top is pleading with the other.

And that is the problem: the brother is pleading with the palms of his hand facing up, so the thumbs should be in the outside of the hands, not the inside. I didn’t catch this until I had already inked one hand in the final drawing.

Happy (Hal) Mayforth

One of the best humorous illustrators ever. Copying his loose style helped me break out of my rather stiff style when I was a wee baby cartoonist. (More of his work here. )