Category Archives: For the Children

Personal Project

Every time I’m in the bookstore I look through children’s picture books.  I try to compare them with books I would have enjoyed as a kid.  The books that receive popular acclaim are clever and well designed and perhaps funnier … Continue reading

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Personal Project

Chugging away (get it?) on a personal project.  Here’s a peek at part of it.  

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Pixie In a Bottle

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Dorothy Aldis Poem

I found this charming poem in a 1950s poetry compilation for children.  I did this drawing to accompany it. Last week my wife purchased three boxes of books at an auction.  In the boxes were four of a five volume … Continue reading

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Presidents Revealed Revealed

This is the title screen for a sweet app about the Presidents of the United States that’s coming out soon for ipad, iphone, and idontknowwhatelse.

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Christmas Card

This year’s Christmas Postcard owes much to my wife.  During the latter half of November we watched numerous (it felt like numerous) romantic comedies.  All the “follow your heart,” “believe in the power of your dreams,” “thinking is bad” moralism … Continue reading

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New Wacom

Trying out the new Wacom.   Bernard is a character from a personal project.  There are a few discrepancies from face to face, but I’m zeroing in.

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Tea Drinkers

Last Sunday my wife and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary.  Though this couple isn’t Alissa and me (I don’t have either a mustache or a bowler), we do share their love of tea and of one another.

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Officer Saddington

The face of an officer and a relation Who fought long ago for the great English nation. Despite having led men with great admiration, His face bore the marks of persistent deflation.

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Autumn

Fall is my favorite time of year, and though the northern states are probably feeling the season more acutely, the south is now starting to experience the trickle down.  Just as stories of becoming are typically more interesting than stories … Continue reading

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