tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90440854024256953912024-03-13T02:35:22.475-05:00Story Art!An Illustration Blog by SCBWI WisconsinStory Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11527587737578764735noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044085402425695391.post-50308980083679578022012-06-11T14:54:00.002-05:002012-06-11T15:15:03.881-05:00SCBWI Magazine Merit Award Winner<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #132447; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">Congratulations to Ingrid Kallick for winning the 2012 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award in Illustration for her September 2011 Cricket wrap-around cover and contents page, Rasa's Library.</span><br />
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The SCBWI Magazine Merit Awards are presented by the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators annually for original magazine work for young people. Each year, the SCBWI presents four plaques, one in each category of fiction, nonfiction, illustration, and poetry, each year to honor members' outstanding original magazine work published during that year. The works chosen are those that exhibit excellence in writing and illustration, and genuinely appeal to the interests and concerns of young people.</div>
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We did it! Out of 52 applications for the Overture Center exhibit space, 12 were chosen, including ours. The Overture will send out a contract and detailed information at the end of June. I'll forward that information when I get it. </div>
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Ingrid</div>Story Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11527587737578764735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044085402425695391.post-62222558379930765972011-11-09T14:30:00.000-06:002011-11-09T14:30:48.832-06:00James Fullmer<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">The Perfect Model</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I was working on an illustration of a witch to go along with a poem, "Listen to the WItch." I had an idea that I wanted to try that would require a rather complicated and ghoulish lighting so I needed a reference. Where could I find a model who would pose exactly the way I wanted and perform just the expression I needed? Oh, and they had to be OK being used to paint an ugly witch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1X-PddoSJyb9mC8C-AGqus8WrT4dF3miVYD06WIKvVMJynl_v6UuwYCmLbAwKRzyDm8mgVZR9GuysF0oIELmxx9jBwy6gBUCWNLJKYzsaARPyHpCF2WHSTOPfnzKm2eYOcvyWZMrXhQ/s1600/WitchModel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1X-PddoSJyb9mC8C-AGqus8WrT4dF3miVYD06WIKvVMJynl_v6UuwYCmLbAwKRzyDm8mgVZR9GuysF0oIELmxx9jBwy6gBUCWNLJKYzsaARPyHpCF2WHSTOPfnzKm2eYOcvyWZMrXhQ/s400/WitchModel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">MYSELF! BRILLIANT! I set the lights up high and behind me and put a silver reflector as the "table" so to reflect the haunting light up from below. It didn't end up as strong as I wanted but I was able to punch it in the illustration. I just needed information about where the light would reflect. The image was shot in RAW and so I could tint it how I wanted before exporting it to Photoshop. Now it may look perfect but it took me about 15 shots to get the angle of the face and the mouth. I had wanted to have poofy cheeks but my eyes open in a dreamy ecstasy but anatomically that just doesn't happen. There was more than enough information, however to paint from.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided to try it digitally and first sketched out the values and basic color scheme:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFo3QDsez3zOWsJquOvjCaYJSzXSu9Jv7IvOrVwDA8pBxl8ZqR_U1PzyGUTAnxoGYJbMU6H3QUAgQYpYclVJI5640ORIqhQwFEScsx0JTB7H90mIcrxqezj2VpMpeXTzLSBO2_SL9EjL0/s1600/WitchSketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFo3QDsez3zOWsJquOvjCaYJSzXSu9Jv7IvOrVwDA8pBxl8ZqR_U1PzyGUTAnxoGYJbMU6H3QUAgQYpYclVJI5640ORIqhQwFEScsx0JTB7H90mIcrxqezj2VpMpeXTzLSBO2_SL9EjL0/s400/WitchSketch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Afterward I rendered the shapes more and used digital color as well as the liquefy filter to make some adjustments to the original drawing. I used the smudge tool to do much of the blending.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDIyc9u4TdRRBRI6NHOsjeEJRQi-7l3u6xTZ7-UCuCpgwnNYsaJQlYZqWWdUR9a5qslrn25pylux1NF3fZ0Qhvn0zAtOLdd7QRMzHMnPLZXj9DxTn01tmG2HSe6eL6nyrCVWtWGZnGHI/s1600/Witch01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDIyc9u4TdRRBRI6NHOsjeEJRQi-7l3u6xTZ7-UCuCpgwnNYsaJQlYZqWWdUR9a5qslrn25pylux1NF3fZ0Qhvn0zAtOLdd7QRMzHMnPLZXj9DxTn01tmG2HSe6eL6nyrCVWtWGZnGHI/s400/Witch01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.jfullmer.com/">www.jfullmer.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div>Story Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11527587737578764735noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044085402425695391.post-62949898419226136492010-12-16T14:20:00.001-06:002010-12-16T16:16:08.203-06:00Stacey Williams-Ng<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FUOR79OwLLtPfrKX24HbKnTiw2Bls8erPn8EPVoPMK6HqxCvvsSeUy-E-NnbxBsSEGF3pIlm-VNujx03Faphg2fDWZ_rAdy_0esNDLVZDNe6_SUyJrnuoWtQWw4tyNBGl5SiB9d1vy8/s1600/AJ_bookpage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FUOR79OwLLtPfrKX24HbKnTiw2Bls8erPn8EPVoPMK6HqxCvvsSeUy-E-NnbxBsSEGF3pIlm-VNujx03Faphg2fDWZ_rAdy_0esNDLVZDNe6_SUyJrnuoWtQWw4tyNBGl5SiB9d1vy8/s400/AJ_bookpage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My name is Stacey WIlliams-Ng, and I'm the author and illustrator of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/astrojammiesapp">Astrojammies</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an interactive book app designed for the iPad. It's been a very unique project, mostly because the story was not adapted for interactive formats, but specifically written and designed for the screen! The illustrations, however, were done in a very traditional way: using paint on board. The adaptations we had to make for interactivity were minimal, using techniques common to 2D animation (such as frame-by-frame paintings).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> At first I planned to paint all the images in oils, my favorite medium. However, the reflectiveness of the shiny oils combined with the slow drying times made it an impractical medium for this project. I switched to acrylics and ink on Crescent illustration board. It’s got a nice warm white tone to the board, and it’s as flat as flat can be. The other secret weapon I discovered was a gel medium by Liquitex that makes the paint ultra-matte.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBExfBkYRp9eeBCrACWjF_Lnfok-WFjc0QxTuj32NY5w3W18YHVhR6D_lXdCo7U2cx3SHFgspGejo_aHVUKgGnx-gAirW8QjGrqo2yyGqLrDlg0fHcNO5dDfOVWug8OptYwJFmcTYFsBQ/s1600/flyingjim_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBExfBkYRp9eeBCrACWjF_Lnfok-WFjc0QxTuj32NY5w3W18YHVhR6D_lXdCo7U2cx3SHFgspGejo_aHVUKgGnx-gAirW8QjGrqo2yyGqLrDlg0fHcNO5dDfOVWug8OptYwJFmcTYFsBQ/s400/flyingjim_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a screen shot of the final scene, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">which is actually a composite of two paintings: Jimmy (top layer), flying above a space scene that was painted separately as a background.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If you're interested in learning more about the behind-the-scenes creation of a digital book app, <a href="http://demibooks.com/blog">I'd encourage you to visit!</a></span></div><div class="im" style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span>Stacey Williams-Ng is a Milwaukee-based painter and writer. This is her first interactive book app. To see more of Stacey and "Astrojammies," come to the Apple Store in Mayfair Mall on December 30th, where she'll be doing an author visit at 6pm. Also be sure to tune into Fox6's "Real Milwaukee" on Tuesday, December 28th to see Stacey present "Astrojammies" and tell more about how the project began. For more information about Demibooks, please visit </span><a href="http://demibooks.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">demibooks.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></i></div>Story Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11527587737578764735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044085402425695391.post-28986061572484947082010-12-14T18:29:00.004-06:002010-12-14T18:33:04.103-06:00James Fullmer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Try a New Technique</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So here is a new technique I tried called, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">peinture à l'essence</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. It was a technique developed by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Degas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edgar Degas</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to mimic the look of pastel but because it is pa</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">inted using traditional oils, it does not require the protective glass in the framing. Although Degas abandoned it, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> adopted it and used it the rest of his career.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It starts with using a piece of cardboard for a palette. This allows the oils in the paint to be wicked away into the porous board. The artist uses turpentine to get the drier paints to the right consistency and then the panel (an unprimed, untempered hardboard or chipboard) is painted using more of a pastel technique. In this technique one is not supposed to "paint" with the brush but rather draw with various layers of color. The paint dries almost immediately allowing you to continue with the next layer.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Although mine is perhaps more textured than some, I found I really liked this technique.</span><br />
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</span></span>Story Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11527587737578764735noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044085402425695391.post-29169911950434375572010-12-14T18:17:00.002-06:002010-12-14T18:45:04.334-06:00Ned Gannon - Slipstream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7vKz94MgOeE97FxOeRU6WWmcovKT1RruZ3Ms1REFkZGOn6QdtXL1KfAe-VR4As8BlczMjNMvAVMeXBWUT1PgzCSMMVntOCZ1vTbMAIjrPD4ETWjjxjhEna7zMmnZMzaKrCAO2FRX-cw/s1600/Ned%2527s+Slipstream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7vKz94MgOeE97FxOeRU6WWmcovKT1RruZ3Ms1REFkZGOn6QdtXL1KfAe-VR4As8BlczMjNMvAVMeXBWUT1PgzCSMMVntOCZ1vTbMAIjrPD4ETWjjxjhEna7zMmnZMzaKrCAO2FRX-cw/s400/Ned%2527s+Slipstream.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nedgannon.com</span></div>Story Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11527587737578764735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044085402425695391.post-292152232579068012010-12-14T08:50:00.001-06:002010-12-14T08:51:21.479-06:00Becky Driscoll<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a Christmas design that has two parts to it. I'm planning on using this as a postcard. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the front:</span><br />
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