prep work

here are some in-progress drawings:





sometimes i like to sketch out a large number of drawings so i can quickly ink them in over the next few days. it makes me work faster and i feel more productive that way. it's also handy because i use the web for source images frequently, (like when people request specific plants and animals) and i no longer have a laptop, so i can look up stuff (like a cedar waxwing, for instance) and sketch it in, to be finished later.

now that i'm doing most of my work in the afternoons while my kid's at preschool, it's been hard for me to remember to post things as i work on them. i'll try to get better.

also, recently i picked up a copy of cinderella from the library because the cover illustration caught my eye, and because i enjoy reading classic stories to my son. he did not like the story though, he cried and told me to stop reading it (probably because of all the "dead parents" business). ANYWAY the illustrations are rad! mary blair is awesome. i've seen some of her stuff before (in the book "i can fly") but not these cinderella illustrations:






Click the images to go to my flickr to see more from the book. These are 2 of my favorites. I love how dark some of the images are and I wish I could be that gestural without feeling like i'm being a lazy slob.