Day #8: Scraggle Cat, Scraggle Cat, what are they feeding you?

 

Day 8:

What do you see, scraggle cat?

 

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Day 8:

Picture Book Illustrator (and author) #2:

David Wiesner

http://www.davidwiesner.com/

http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/

I fell in love with David Wiesner when I was in college and saw Tuesday in the book store.

His work is awe-inspiring, beautiful, magical and absolutely amazing.

©DavidWiesner

I've spent years pouring over his work as an adult,

and I can't wait to share it with my children and my sibling's children.

Whenever I buy pictures books for kids,

there is ALWAYS a Steven Kellogg, 

and there is ALWAYS a David Wiesner :)

©DavidWiesner

His website is really great too...

I particularly enjoy his entry called "The Beginning"

http://www.davidwiesner.com/work/the-beginning/

His books usually have very few words in them,

but then don't need them. 

Not one bit.

Here are a few of my favorites:

©DavidWiesner

 

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As per usual, the first sentence...

 Day 7:

Getting Chinese takeout shouldn’t be this hard, Megan thought as she ran down the street, the flimsy plastic bag clutched tight in her hand.

Day # 7: I know what Otters like...

 

Day 7:

What do otters like?

He looks kinda neurotic about it, doesn't he... like maybe he's lost sleep over the issue?

 

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Day 7:

 

Ok, so I guess I've been doing this wrong and we aren't supposed to share our ideas...

for fear of people stealing them?

But I feel really lame not sharing anything,

so instead, I'll share a new Children's Book Illustrator that I love every day...

and I'll keep my super secret journal of extra brilliant ideas (ha...hahahahahahahahaha)

all to myself (hahaha... super brilliant ideas, I crack myself up.)

So, Picture Book Illustrator (and author) #1:

My ALL TIME FAVORITE:

Steven Kellogg

http://www.stevenkellogg.com/

Mr. Kellogg is just all around an awesome guy,

he seems to be all about the pets and the kids,

and I love that.

©StevenKellogg

I have spent years pouring over his books as a child,

and his illustrations as someone who would love to be a children's book illustrator.

©StevenKellogg

His work is jam packed with detail,

so each page can keep you entertained for quite some time.

©StevenKellogg

 Plus his stories are so whimsical and fun (and funny).

Here are a few of my favorites:

©Steven Kellogg

 

 

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As per usual, the first sentence...

 Day 7:

Val looked back over her shoulder, she was sure someone had followed her when she left the café.

Day # 6: People Are Strange

 

Day 6:

Mostly I was just having fun smudging pencil lines and then making highlights

with my eraser.

 

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Day 6:

 

Brushstroke Adventures:

A series of books in which a kid at the museum finds themselves talking

to a painting (Mona Lisa, Van Gogh, etc),

they are then pulled into the painting and taken on

a time period specific adventure.

 

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As per usual, the first sentence...

 Day 6:

Lanie held the jar up to her face and watched as the tiny monster inside banged furiously against

the side of the glass.

Day # 5: The Awkward Teenage Years

Day 5:

He's embarrassed, y'all.

Also, blow-holes are overrated *foreheadsmack*

(also, the text is not hand drawn, because I suck at hand drawn text ;_; )

 

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Day 5:

 

The Embarrassed Orca: A coming of age story...

wait... no! Just kidding!

Actually, I was thinking about it more in terms of

him being an Orca who wasn't particularly interested in being

a carnivore... but felt pressure from his family and

friends to eat meatses.

And no, I'm not a vegetarian,

I love meat. LOVE IT.

I was just thinking of it more in terms of

having to live in a world that expects us to be one way,

when we want to be another.

 

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As per usual, the first sentence...

 Day 5:

Hailey stood outside the front door rocking back and forth. She was too excited to stand still.

Day # 2-4: Weekend update

I'll be posting my weekend progress on Mondays :)

Day 2:

 Boy... he sure is lopsided, isn't he?

It's amazing what you don't notice until you look at a picture of your drawing 0_0

Day 3:

 Hedgehog

Day 4:

Happy, Jumping Flamingo...

me thinks his front-most wing should be a bit larger XD

 

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Day 2:

 

A pocket-sized Teddy Bear who comes to life,

inspired by these little sculptures my friend makes:

 

Day 3:

 

Book Title:

Many Monsters Under My Bed 

the story of a girl who likes the monsters under her bed.

 

Day 4:

 

 Book Title:

Jack

the story of a Jack o' Lantern protecting his house on Halloween night.

(in keeping with the Jack o' Lantern legend)

 

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As per usual, the first sentence...

I reached my 2,000 words a day goal for Saturday and Sunday,

but I'm still working on today's :)

 

 Day 2:

The wind was blowing in a Westerly direction that morning, something it hadn’t done in 20 years.

Day 3

Tabitha was growing concerned, that dog had been following her for the last half hour, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t lose it.

Day 4

 

Today was Maddie’s 16^th birthday, today was the day she finally got to go to the surface.

 

Day #1: Let the Challenges BEGIN!

It is November 1st,

that means all the challenges I blogged about have begun!

(Here's the blog post I made: http://littlebearries.blogspot.com/2013/10/joining-in-on-fun-in-month-of-november.html )

I'm happy to say, I haven't failed on Day 1, lol!

I wrote my 2,000 words for the day, 

I did a sketch,

and I thought up a Picture Book idea!

I'm not going to bore you with the 2,000 words,
but I'm writing 2,000 words in a new story every day (a twist on conventional NaNoWriMo)
So here is the first line from my first story:
The back corner of the fourth floor in the campus library is Marjorie’s favorite spot in the entire world. 

but here's my SkADaMo entry:

 This sketch is called: 

Please tell me I'm not the only ginger with invisible eyebrows.

LOL. It's something I think about too often.

And here's my PiBoIdMo entry:

The Adventures of Will and Crumb

(yes, these are my cats)

I'm sure I have "Awesome cat syndrome"... which is something all cat owners probably have,

but I think these two are comical and interesting.

I did a few little sketches to go along with the idea.

Will is black, Crumb is big and fluffy... the picture of him crying is

how he looks after we give him the Lion Cut. MWA HA!