The Making of a Picture Book: journal entry 7

TIME-LAPSE

This is a time-lapse video of my illustration process for one of the pages.  The original illustration was rendered with acrylic paints on paper.  It then gets scanned, and then this process takes over.  Generally my computer tweaks are minor, but this particular illustration had a lot of computer work done to it.  I decided a lot of cleaning up was necessary and I even changed the character's face from the original painting.

​Did you know you can share this??  Click the little share icon below, it's the one that looks like three little UFOs flying in formation.

The Making of a Picture Book: journal entry 6

​EARLY, EARLY SKETCHES

A friend accused me of a boring blog and suggested maybe I should start posting a little bit of the history of BW, early sketches and all that...  So this one's for you, Josh...  Here's a few cool ones from yeeeaars ago back when BW was just a little idea rolling around in my brain (and yours).  Cute little thing.  It's like looking at old photographs for me.  Check out the Grandma sketch.  She used to have a Long Island in her hand!  I still imagine she has a cocktail nearby, it's just off frame.  

The Making of a Picture Book: journal entry 5

​BRIAN GOES SOCIAL​

​Seems for the past several weeks I've been Brian Wonders 24-7, but it's all been on the web front.  I think finally I've got all the necessaries set up - Brian Wonders has his own website, FaceBook, Twitter, Vine and Pintrest!  This is absolutely nuts.  Can I get back to painting now?  Actually, all these social platforms have me excited about new ways of putting the illustrations out there... I think  some cool social BW ideas will be coming up.  After I get some more painting done.  

The Making of a Picture Book: journal entry 4

WEBSITE ARCHITECTURE

Carefully staged photo, yes, but the to-do list is real.  Sadly, the list goes on for several more pages and I've run through my coffee.  Today was all about addressing a bunch of notes for streamlining this website.  

The Making of a Picture Book: journal entry 3

​GRANDMA POINTS THE WAY

This mysterious woman in white, wearing the white hat, 'neath the white umbrella, has been through many incarnations.  Lately she went through a makeover inspired by some evocative black and whites of Carmen Dell'Orefice.  I'll be posting those...

The Making of a Picture Book: journal entry 2

SCREEN TESTS​

​Getting the website up and runnin'.  Thank you SquareSpace for a clean on-line presence across all platforms.  You can also access our site via your smart phone, not pictured here....   

THE MAKING OF A CHILDREN'S BOOK: entry 1, Launch

(soft) ​LAUNCH!

Here we go!  Posting images from the progress of the Brian Wonders book... This is the school of fish in progress... More to follow...