Ginny Tilby Blog

Re-Evaluating this Children's Book thing...

Alrighty. Time to be honest.
I promised you the whole trip, trial and error, everything going into this children's book "You Should! You Should!" Challenges, fears, successes, process, mistakes, paintings, drawings, the whole shebang. So today I'm going to share with you what's REALLY going on, instead of surprising you with sudden huge news, or telling you more fluffy "yay another painting" junk.

Okay. So here's the thing. How do I say this...

First, a confession:

I'm not passionate about painting. I'm not passionate about art. I like it and I'm good at it, but it's NOT my favorite thing. That's another story though. So here I am in this situation. Get this....

Every once in a great while I run across an artist whose work makes me really WANT to draw. I won't lie, I have to push myself to get to work. There are times I feel passionate, but lately it just feels like so much work. Monday Will Terry showed us the work of Jean-Baptiste Monge ... look at this stuff! You can TELL he's having fun just by laying your eyeballs on it. He's having a blast! And he's GOOD. I looove love his little creature dudes and their whimsical interactions with animals! I just wanna grab a pencil and draw right now!! (but I won't ... cuz 2 am and time for bed) So great. I had to share.

He's hungry!

YSYS Painting: Possum n Hippo / Relationship Pyramid

I'm very happy with this one. I haven't shown it to my advisor Don yet so I'm sure he'll have a lot to say but so far I'm pretty happy!

Originally I designed this with green grass and more blue in the possum but Don pointed out as he looked at my tiny color composition that at sunset the colors lean far more towards purples and oranges. So I threw a bunch of orange and purple all over, with pretty orange pink and yellow highlights.

Text will go above Hippo and some more below Possum.

So! You likey too? :)

The Sketch: