Archive for April, 2010
Getting to know my protagonist
Decided to spend some time today sketching Jesse. The protagonist in Super Baby, Adventures in Color.
Last Spread Sketch #1
My goal this week: start sketching at least one spread based on the new story board. I chose to start at the end and with the big picture. As I went over the story board, I took notes on objects to research ie: old trucks, cool houses, basketball courts, the coast from above. For this sketch I mostly did old truck research. Luckily living in Austin I found examples everywhere. My daughter and I found an old blue Chevrolet and she was quite upset to see me color my truck red. The other elements are from my mind. The coast is a mix of Matunuck and and Narragansett Rhode Island. The hill is more from the west coast where my husband is from. Looks like the book will be set in the land of Texarhodefornia.
Swimming 4.17.10
In this Super Baby book the character’s go swimming. Here is this weeks swim study sketch. My daughter wanted her brown bathing suit with her new blue goggles, so it was fun to use different markers. And my friend encouraged me to go back to the beginning and sketch with pencil first. These past three weeks my daughter has started swimming her heart out.
A few coach comments that I won’t want to forget.
“She’s swimming! That was fast.” And from this weekend: ” I bet you could swim across the whole pool if you wanted. Give me a high five!”
Super Baby Story Board
I finished editing the text (for now). So I’ve moved on to the story board. Here it is in its roughest stage. Next goal: finished sketches of one spread.
My Animal Kingdom
Have I mentioned that I have a habit of rescuing animals.Our most recent edition is a cat, Mr. Lo Lo Bird.
Swim Lessons II
These are from another swim class. At January’s Austin SCBWI conference, Ms. Kirby Larson, who wrote, “Hattie Big Sky” (GREAT BOOK!) mentioned something amazing, “those who take away our free time give us our inspiration.” That helped me see what was right in front of me, namely my daughter, who loves to have her picture drawn.
