0 Comments on Baby & Goldie as of 8/4/2013 11:16:00 PM
Add a Comment
new posts in all blogs
I quit my job to pursue illustration in the children's market and am making a go at freelancing. I live with my husband, miniature Dachshund and cat in the bay area.
Number of Readers that added this blog to their MyJacketFlap: 2
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 8/4/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Here's a little study of Goldilocks and her friend Baby Bear. They had some issues in the past, but they've moved on and have become fast friends!
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/31/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I'm thinking of changing the header on my website and am considering this image I just created. It's always a challenge for me to decide on what to use for things like headers and even marketing postcards. Anyone else have this "problem"?
Thanks for any feedback of comments!
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/29/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
So, I decided to just remove the boarder :o). I think it's cleaner that way and doesn't distract from the illustrations. Good decision?
Thanks!
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/29/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Hi!
My husband and I take our son to a really fun music class called "Kindermusik". I was inspired by one of the songs to create this illustrated spread for it. I think I'm still deciding on some aspects of the illo, like the boarder. Do you like it? Should I take it out? Expand it so it travels all around the edge? Too busy? I'll play with it a bit more, but wanted to post it for some feedback :o)
Thanks for stopping by!
Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/19/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Here is the painted version of the sketch I posted earlier for "Hey Diddle Diddle". I think I like it, but feel like I could push it farther especially with the pose of the cat :o/. The treatment of the text could use some work as well. Push on!
Have a great weekend and thanks for any comments!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/18/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/10/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I'm playing with color here and paint treatment, using a more subdued palette. I think I like it. What do you think?
Thanks!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/8/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Here are some sketches I've been working on and will soon add some color. I'm really enjoying time in my sketchbook and just trying to add to my portfolio of work. Thanks for any comments or feedback! I'd love it if anyone had any requests for images they want to see me do. Make a suggestion and I might do it!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/8/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Here's just another little spot illustration playing with characters and paint.
Thanks!
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/8/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
The Owl and the Pussycat is always a fun poem to illustrate. I'll probably take it further by adding the copy and another spot illustration to put it together as if to publish it. Not sure how I feel about the painting of it, but it's not too bad. I drew with blue pencil then did a black pencil line, scanned it in, adjusted the line to push the blue to grey and painted digitally in Photoshop. I should experiment with the paint technique more I know.
Thank you for any comments!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 6/21/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Above is a sketch I did and scanned into Photoshop. Have I mentioned that I love blue col-erase pencils? Anyway, I'm hoping to ask some opinions on what people like best for line treatment here. I could tell you which one I'm leaning toward, but I want to know what appeals most to others. I could spend more time cleaning up all of these, but want initial feedback. Soon, I hope to experiment with different painting styles on this as well.
Thanks so much for taking time to comment!
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 6/19/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Here is some more of the lined style I'm working on. Just a study of a couple of friends having fun together.
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 6/19/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Hi everyone!
I've been rethinking the approach to my illustration style lately. Well, longer than lately. Here is a piece I've been experimenting with. I start with blue pencil and go over it with black to give it a darker line. This version I scanned in and using Photoshop adjusted the filter so the blue line is pushed back to gray. I guess I just really like the sketchiness of it. I may try just dropping out the blue completely and using a final clean line, but we'll see.
I used to illustrate in a similar way, where I would keep the pencil line, scan and color it in Photoshop. We'll see where I end up. I'd love any feedback, so please feel free to comment. I'll be posting more soon as well.
Thanks for stopping by!
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 2/7/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I love working with Lynn! We've just completed the illustrations for "Alaska Lullaby" and are starting the next book "Hawaii Lullaby". I'll post from those books when I can.
Thanks for stopping by!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 9/17/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I'm trying to add some new work to my portfolio, focusing more on variety in my character shapes and showing different emotions. I also want to work more on my story telling. This was just an idea I had and went with. Let me know what you think.
Thanks for stopping by!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 5/4/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Sooooo, here is what I HAD been working on for about a month and a half. It isn't complete because the project is "on hold" for now :o(. If you can't tell, it's a board book about New York City! I figured I'd share some of the images that I'd completed. Hopefully next year it might get picked up again! Good news is, I am starting a couple of other projects very soon.
This was fun and quite a challenge. I hope I get to finish it some day!
I'll share my next projects when I can! Hint on one of them, it's a collection of poems and I'm doing them black and white as ink drawings! New for me, but I'm looking forward to it!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 4/20/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Figured I'd post some art I did for my Boy's room. It's been up for a while, but I forgot to share :o) The palette is pretty much the colors in his room. I printed it 11 x 14.
Have a great weekend!
Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 3/14/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Yesterday I was hanging out with the boy and thought to myself, "Hey, I could be sketching him in my sketchbook!" Sometimes we forget the sketch subjects right under our noses. I have a dog and a cat I could be drawing, too!
Have fun sketching!
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 1/18/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I actually did these a couple of months ago to change up the bathroom. I still can't get decent photos of them to show the details.
These were really fun and something I've wanted to do for a while. I used different scrap booking papers and cut them out to form the characters. The text is some adhesive letters I found and thought were pretty fun. The background sky and water is actually colored tissue paper. I kept the tissue paper folded to cut out the waves, like making snowflakes. Everything was adhered with a glue called Collage Pauge onto 1.5 inch thick canvases.
I liked how they turned out! I especially love when my son looks at them with a huge, happy smile on his face and laughs.
Thanks for stopping by! Let me know what you think.
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 11/10/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I don't usually do this, but I'm double posting! This is the image I'm putting up on The Sketchables tomorrow.
Like I will mention there, I haven't been drawing as many animals lately and I really want to get back to it. I LOVE drawing animals and especially animal characters. Kids and people are fun, but how fun is it to get to make an animal convey a personality that makes you think they're almost human?! That there's definitely a spark and thought process there?
If you've seen Disney's "Dumbo" than I think you can see my inspiration. One of the sweetest scenes in the movie. Man, those animators knew their stuff!
Anywhoo, I hope you like it and thanks for coming by!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 10/17/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: boy, dogs, baby, promotion, postcard 2011, Add a tag
front
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 10/6/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Thanks to the dynamic design and illustration duo, Nate Padavick and Salli Swindell, They Draw & Cook the cookbook is here! A collection of 107 illustrated recipes by artists from around the world are bound and published in this beautiful, colorful and fun book.
It all started with their genius idea for a blog of the same name. I was so excited when I heard about their concept, I had to illustrate a recipe. And am I glad I did! Be sure to check out my mango lassi recipe in the drink section toward the back.
here it is, just so you know what to look for :o)
Thanks Nate and Salli!
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/27/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I'm finally feeling more creative lately. I dunno, maybe more sleep than I've had in months? This is an idea I had for some room art in my son's nursery. I actually had the frame first and got the idea for how to fill it :o). I used some of the color pallet in his room repeated in the image. I keep meaning to post some photos of his room and how I designed it. No baby stuff there! I like a more "designy" room! I'll try and post photos soon.
Thanks for stopping by and for any comments!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/6/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 6/17/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
This is my wonderful husband's first father's day. He's such an amazing dad I'm in awe. He's so patient and sweet and takes such good care of our boy. I'm so glad we decided to have a child, it took us long enough to come around! If my boy grows up to be anything like his father, I'll be so proud. Notice how the husband can "multi-task" with the iPhone in hand, t-hee.
Happy Father's Day!
View Next 25 Posts
Viewing Blog: stewy stuff, Most Recent at Top
Results 1 - 25 of 73
I quit my job to pursue illustration in the children's market and am making a go at freelancing. I live with my husband, miniature Dachshund and cat in the bay area.
Statistics for stewy stuff
Number of Readers that added this blog to their MyJacketFlap: 2
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 8/4/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/31/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Thanks for any feedback of comments!
2 Comments on French Weenie, last added: 8/2/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/29/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Thanks!
2 Comments on Ahoy there mates! revised, last added: 7/31/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/29/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
My husband and I take our son to a really fun music class called "Kindermusik". I was inspired by one of the songs to create this illustrated spread for it. I think I'm still deciding on some aspects of the illo, like the boarder. Do you like it? Should I take it out? Expand it so it travels all around the edge? Too busy? I'll play with it a bit more, but wanted to post it for some feedback :o)
Thanks for stopping by!
Joy
1 Comments on Ahoy there mates!, last added: 8/5/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/19/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Have a great weekend and thanks for any comments!
-Joy
1 Comments on , last added: 7/19/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/18/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/10/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Thanks!
-Joy
2 Comments on Boy & Goldfish, last added: 7/18/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/8/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
-Joy
0 Comments on Some sketches as of 7/8/2013 7:24:00 PM
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/8/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Thanks!
0 Comments on New friend as of 7/8/2013 4:58:00 PM
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/8/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Thank you for any comments!
-Joy
2 Comments on The Owl & the Pussycat, last added: 7/20/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 6/21/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Thanks so much for taking time to comment!
2 Comments on A study of line- Opinion please?, last added: 6/23/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 6/19/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
4 Comments on Friends, last added: 6/20/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 6/19/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I've been rethinking the approach to my illustration style lately. Well, longer than lately. Here is a piece I've been experimenting with. I start with blue pencil and go over it with black to give it a darker line. This version I scanned in and using Photoshop adjusted the filter so the blue line is pushed back to gray. I guess I just really like the sketchiness of it. I may try just dropping out the blue completely and using a final clean line, but we'll see.
I used to illustrate in a similar way, where I would keep the pencil line, scan and color it in Photoshop. We'll see where I end up. I'd love any feedback, so please feel free to comment. I'll be posting more soon as well.
Thanks for stopping by!
0 Comments on Back to the line... as of 6/19/2013 3:05:00 PM
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 2/7/2013
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
So, here it is. Finally, a post from me on my blog!!!
I figured I'd share a few of the pages from the first book in a series I'm illustrating, "Newfoundland & Labrador Lullaby". Hot off the presses and ready to promote! It's a charming lullaby composed by Mary Jane Riemann and produced as a book by Lynn McCarron. Check out the Facebook page and give it a "Like" if you don't mind :o). There is a fun video showing the interior of the book along with the beautiful lullaby NewfoundlandAndLabradorLullaby
Thanks for stopping by!
-Joy
3 Comments on Newfoundland & Labrador Lullaby board book!, last added: 2/22/2013
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 9/17/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I'm trying to add some new work to my portfolio, focusing more on variety in my character shapes and showing different emotions. I also want to work more on my story telling. This was just an idea I had and went with. Let me know what you think.
Thanks for stopping by!
-Joy
5 Comments on Elephant Ride, last added: 9/19/2012
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 5/4/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Sooooo, here is what I HAD been working on for about a month and a half. It isn't complete because the project is "on hold" for now :o(. If you can't tell, it's a board book about New York City! I figured I'd share some of the images that I'd completed. Hopefully next year it might get picked up again! Good news is, I am starting a couple of other projects very soon.
This was fun and quite a challenge. I hope I get to finish it some day!
I'll share my next projects when I can! Hint on one of them, it's a collection of poems and I'm doing them black and white as ink drawings! New for me, but I'm looking forward to it!
-Joy
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 4/20/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Have a great weekend!
Joy
2 Comments on Room Art for boy, last added: 4/21/2012
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 3/14/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Yesterday I was hanging out with the boy and thought to myself, "Hey, I could be sketching him in my sketchbook!" Sometimes we forget the sketch subjects right under our noses. I have a dog and a cat I could be drawing, too!
Have fun sketching!
1 Comments on Quick sketches, last added: 3/14/2012
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 1/18/2012
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I actually did these a couple of months ago to change up the bathroom. I still can't get decent photos of them to show the details.
These were really fun and something I've wanted to do for a while. I used different scrap booking papers and cut them out to form the characters. The text is some adhesive letters I found and thought were pretty fun. The background sky and water is actually colored tissue paper. I kept the tissue paper folded to cut out the waves, like making snowflakes. Everything was adhered with a glue called Collage Pauge onto 1.5 inch thick canvases.
I liked how they turned out! I especially love when my son looks at them with a huge, happy smile on his face and laughs.
Thanks for stopping by! Let me know what you think.
7 Comments on Paper cut out on canvas, last added: 1/23/2012
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 11/10/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Like I will mention there, I haven't been drawing as many animals lately and I really want to get back to it. I LOVE drawing animals and especially animal characters. Kids and people are fun, but how fun is it to get to make an animal convey a personality that makes you think they're almost human?! That there's definitely a spark and thought process there?
If you've seen Disney's "Dumbo" than I think you can see my inspiration. One of the sweetest scenes in the movie. Man, those animators knew their stuff!
Anywhoo, I hope you like it and thanks for coming by!
-Joy
2 Comments on Cozy, last added: 11/14/2011
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 10/17/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: boy, dogs, baby, promotion, postcard 2011, Add a tag
So, I just sent my new postcard design to the printer, FINALLY. I need to get back to it with my marketing. That is definitely the hardest part for me in all of this. Self promotion...oye. I'm sure I'm not the only one, right? It's a lot of work. Not just researching the different publishers and what to do, but designing a postcard that's going to grab their attention, show what you can do and make them want to hire you! I'm never completely sold on my ideas for my postcard designs, but you gotta do it and just get them out there.
Anywhoo, here are the back and front of my card. The back of the final file had my information, of course, on the left side. Let me know what you think and what you do to promote yourself!
back
front
2 Comments on New Postcard mailer!, last added: 10/17/2011
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 10/6/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Thanks to the dynamic design and illustration duo, Nate Padavick and Salli Swindell, They Draw & Cook the cookbook is here! A collection of 107 illustrated recipes by artists from around the world are bound and published in this beautiful, colorful and fun book.
It all started with their genius idea for a blog of the same name. I was so excited when I heard about their concept, I had to illustrate a recipe. And am I glad I did! Be sure to check out my mango lassi recipe in the drink section toward the back.
here it is, just so you know what to look for :o)
Thanks Nate and Salli!
2 Comments on They Draw & Cook (the book)- It's here!!, last added: 10/10/2011
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/27/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
I'm finally feeling more creative lately. I dunno, maybe more sleep than I've had in months? This is an idea I had for some room art in my son's nursery. I actually had the frame first and got the idea for how to fill it :o). I used some of the color pallet in his room repeated in the image. I keep meaning to post some photos of his room and how I designed it. No baby stuff there! I like a more "designy" room! I'll try and post photos soon.
Thanks for stopping by and for any comments!
-Joy
4 Comments on New art!, last added: 7/28/2011
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 7/6/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
These are some 5 x 7 cards I designed for a book I'm working on. I also hung the dog and the owl in my son's nursery. They were a lot of fun to create! The dog is a different approach, so I'm thinking of maybe redoing the owl and chameleon in a similar way.
Thanks for any comments and for stopping by!
-Joy
3 Comments on Fun with high contrast!, last added: 7/7/2011
Display Comments
Add a Comment
By: Joy Steuerwald,
on 6/17/2011
Blog: stewy stuff (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Add a tag
Happy Father's Day!
4 Comments on Father's Day!, last added: 6/20/2011
Display Comments
Add a Comment
View Next 25 Posts
I find it hard to make a decision on any artwork. That's why I have a studio cat.
I like your current header better. In my opinion there is much more emotion. And it shows your range of sweet animals and sweet babies over just animals in the other one. But I'm biased for babies. :) ~Julia