Poetry is Not a Project
I did a series of illustrations for a new essay chapbook by Dorothea Lasky, published by Ugly Duckling Presse. The cover illustration will also be printed onto tote bags by Ugly Duckling for an upcoming book fest. I’ll put information here about ordering those if theyre available. For now, you can go to the Ugly...
cover process
Here is a blog post my editor at Vertigo recently posted about the process of choosing a cover image. http://vertigo.blog.dccomics.com/2010/02/03/the-editor’s-desk-jonathan-vankin-on-the-cover-of-how-to-understand-israel/
Drawings for Ugly Duckling Presse
A little while ago I posted about how great Ugly Duckling Presse is. Well now I’m working with them on a chapbook which will come out at the end of the summer. As images for the book, which will be an essay by Dottie Lasky, I re-drew a series of drawings wherein I imagine myself...
Process
Here’s how I keep track of all the characters in the book…there are about 4 main characters (speaking parts, basically) but I need to keep everyone else consistent in terms of costume, hairstyle etc. So voila, character sketches for everyone. Putting them all on the wall makes it easy for me to get a quick...
