Well that's about as good as it gets! I'll have to visit Troutdale soon!
Librarian and author friends, I’ll be at ALA this weekend in San Diego. Come say hi! I have a few scheduled signings and events, but otherwise can be found at my artist alley table 125! See you there!
The text is just a placeholder so my editor can read it. This book will be hand-lettered, like every other graphic novel I’ve made!
A page-in-progress from Super Magic Boy Book 3: I Am a Slime Monster Even though this book is digitally painted, I still pencil it all out, and probably in more detail than I need to.
I’ve had a picture book story idea for a while. I’ve written a few versions of it, but I needed to draw the characters out and play with their lines and colors in order to really get a sense of the story. Here are some process images of my experiments with it.