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CynsationsNew-York based illustrator Annie Won received her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her style is characterized by the use of digital collage, mixed perspective, and a dreamlike quality that speaks to the imagination of children. Her illustrations will appear in The Dragon Circus, Tea Party, Picnic in the Snow, and Welcoming Song, ibooks such as The Old Man and The Sea, The Hound of the Baskerville and picture books that will appear in 2017.Congratulations on your illustration The Light being selected as a finalist for SCBWI’s Bologna Illustration Gallery. SCBWI will display The Light at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Can you tell us about the inspiration for this illustration? Thank you to SCBWI for selecting my piece. I am so pleased to have such a great opportunity. I hope I can attend the Bologna Children’s Book Fair one day.
I can’t say what inspired me exactly. It may have been a sweet lyric of a song, a warm breeze across my face or a touching story from news. What I know is all of those were mixed harmonically and made me to create image of mother and her child.
As a children’s book author-illustrator, my illustration is always based on stories. It’s funny that I need a full story even though I draw a simple doodle. And The Light is the peak moment of a story about a Mother who finds her lost child.
I can see that emotion in the illustration. When did you begin drawing?I started drawing when I was able to grab something to draw with. My official artistic career started with my first job. I was a computer game concept artist. I drew all kinds of things such as characters, trees, clothes, weapons and more for the game.
However, after working as a designer about seven years, I decided to do something more meaningful for both people and myself: a children’s book author-illustrator. I studied at School of Visual Art and after graduating the awesome course, now I am working as a freelance illustrator.
What led you to children’s book illustration?I love children’s picture books. They are each like a small art gallery with brilliant stories. Also I’m always amazed by how children read stories from a single image. They even find something interesting in my image that I haven’t recognized!
You’ve illustrated work for children’s magazines, including the cover for the back to school issue of Spider (September 2015). What do you enjoy most about magazine illustration?I like magazine work because I can try something new for each piece and have to complete those as fine images. I must get successful results right away, since I don’t have much time to start everything again. Compare to children’s book assignment, magazine assignments have to be completed on a tighter deadline. Thus it is pretty tough but I love the challenge. And I love my editor Sue, who encourages me to try the new thing.
What advice do you have for others who are starting a career as a children’s book illustrator?Do not to give up your dream. It seemed like I would never get a book assignment until I was offered my first assignment by Little Golden Books.
Before that, I tried my best to promote my work and learn from others. I made more than dozens of picture book dummies, sent bunch of postcards to publishers, presented my portfolio to several publishers, joined SCBWI and attended three conferences, enrolled children’s book boot camps and more. While I was trying those things, nothing was sure and clear except one thing: I believed that my dream would come true if I don’t stop trying.
What are you working on now?I just completed my first Golden Books illustration assignment. And now, I am working on another magazine piece, cover art for
Ladybug magazine. I am also developing my own story for a picture book, too. I am truly happy to start my career as children’s picture book illustrator but I hope I can publish my own story as well.
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Angela Cerrito is a pediatric physical therapist by day and a writer by night. She thinks she has the two best jobs in the world.
Her latest novel,
The Safest Lie (Holiday House), was named a finalist for the 2015 Jewish Book Award, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Older Readers and a Notable Social Studies Book for Young People.
Angela Coordinates the
SCBWI Bologna Interview series, volunteers as SCBWI’s Assistant International Advisor and is a
Cynsational reporter in Europe and beyond.
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John Nez,
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Ladybug walking All along my windowpane Walking up then down All around and back again Looking like a clown Carpenter …
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Ladybug walking All along my windowpane Walking up then down All around and back again Looking like a clown Carpenter …
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on 7/14/2014
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In a book that's both fact-filled and fun, a ladybug compares the words used to describe male and female animals. Donna J. Shepherd's lyrical rhymes and Kit Grady's charming illustrations tell a delightful story of a spirited little bug who provides a unique perspective on why names can be deceiving.
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VANITY, THY NAME IS LADYBUG
Feigning death among man-bugs is quite common when asked this particular question, according to leading entomologists. It is only the brave or perhaps feeble-minded who would hazard an answer.
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Donna J. Shepherd,
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Bradybug is available any place books are sold. If it's not in stock, just ask for it or order from the publisher here:
http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/bradybug.htm
To find out which bookstores carry Bradybug, click HERE.
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By: Chuck Dillon,
on 1/25/2013
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And the strongest ladybug on earth.
I drew this on a scrap piece of paper while I was making dinner over the past two nights. They aren't the most accurate bugs but some are recognizable, such as the dung beetles holding out on the ball of poo at the bottom. All bugs like poo, right? For the sake of this sketch they all do, okay? Good.
I was quite pleased with how this new technique came out in print from Ladybug magazine. What I like is how it has both detail and looseness - implied action and precision.
Digital art challenges one with both technical and artistic thinking. I'm finally starting to get the hang of it...
A challenge to draw my favourite animal, which stumped me, because I have about a bjillion favourite animals & I've already drawn most of them. So I chose my favourite from the list of my favourites which I haven't drawn yet.
A FACT, especially for everyone who has ever told me a ladybird took a wee on them & I've tried to pursuade them otherwise, it's called
'autohaemorrhaging' & it's because said ladybird thinks you're gonna eat it! Such clever lovely lazy ladybugs!
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this is the watercolor i decided to paint on a t-shirt:
And this is the work in progress of the t-shirt painting:
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on 4/6/2012
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Exciting news! First Book will now be offering Cricket and other award-winning kid’s magazines to the 27,000 schools and programs in our national network.
Thanks to our friends at ePals, we’ll be able to offer their full range of children’s magazine titles, including Cricket, Ladybug and Spider. These magazines are terrific; they’ve won pretty much every award possible, and they are loved by teachers and kids.
“This is exactly the sort of content First Book strives to bring to kids in need, so they’ll have the same great opportunities to fall in love with reading as more affluent children,” said Kyle Zimmer, president and CEO of First Book. “We’re really excited about being able to offer these magazines to the schools and programs we work with.”
The magazines will be available through the First Book Marketplace, our website available exclusively to teachers and program leaders who work with children from low-income families. An annual classroom subscription – 30 copies of each issue – retails for $1,018, but is available through First Book for $513.
If you work with children in need, sign up with First Book to get these great magazines for your kids. We also carry over 2,000 book titles at deeply-discounted prices, and distribute millions more every year – free of charge – to the programs in our network.
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Buglette, a small ladybug, tosses in her sleep. She rolls, she turns, she kicks. Despite her normally neat nick ways, Buglette is a messy sleeper. In her dreams, she does amazing things. She builds mountains and swings on the trapeze, but she wakes up to a mess. Her family worries that Buglette’s messy sleeping will wake the crow, so her siblings hatch a plan to hide Buglette away. But can big dreams be contained? Or will they cause big trouble?
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little miss daisy petal pixie in all her glory! this turned out better than i thought (which is always a good thing;)). she is FOR SALE as a REPRODUCTION/PRINT in my etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/listing/63158944/daisy-petal-pixie-reproduction
also be sure to check out her pixie friends "blue belle" and "lily" also for sale in my shop.
up next is the beautiful oriental pixie "sakura"...the japanese cherry blossom petal pixie (and my favorite)!
Looking Back on CWIM: The 1993 Edition:
An Interview with Ladybug/Cricket Art Director Ron McCutchan...
I was not yet working on CWIM when the 1993 edition was produced. It was about 350 pages long (at $18.95) with the addition of Audiovisual and Audiotape markets and included a piece by Jean Karl called "The Picture Book Troika" and, for the first time, a "First Books" feature.
Today I'm excerpting something for illustrators from a Close-up with Ron McCutchan, then art director for Ladybug and Cricket magazines. (The piece was written by my cousin Jennifer Hogan Redmond who was responsible for getting me my first job at F+W as editorial assistant for The Artist's Magazine and Decorative Artist's Workbook. Thanks Jen!). Here's McCutchan's advice to illustrators in a world before online portfolios:
Ron McCutchan's final word of advice to illustrators is simple: although the recent boon in children's literature provides a market rich with opportunity, remember that budgets are forever shrinking. To make yourself and your work as attractive as possible, be sure that your query package is professional, but don't get too fancy, he warns. "If you go overboard, I might ask 'Can I afford you?' Let your work stand on its own." In your initial mailing, include only 8 1/2 x 11-inch sample or slides of your artwork that can easily fit in a file drawer. And be sure to send a SASE if you want your work returned.
Be smart and leave an art director not only with a sense of your personality and ability, but with something memorable to keep. A clear, modest photocopy (clearly labeled with your name, address and telephone number) can tell as much about you as a slick, oversized promotional brochure, McCutchan stresses. The difference is, the latter item is less intimidating to an art director with a budget, easy to store and easy to find. In a market deluged with capable illustrators, these seemingly small details can make a huge difference.
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Its a ladybug. On the "D" key. It doesn't mean anything special.
I wanted to do a little mosaic, mostly in black and white, but wanted to add just a wee bit of color. And I love ladybugs. And my piano.
I have about a hundred ideas for series (plural) for these mosaics. Some of them BIG. The art store here is having a BIG sale this week so I'm setting my alarm to get there early and hopefully I'll score some BIG canvases. (I don't know why I like the word BIG so much all of a sudden.)
I've been fighting with all my 'art selves' a lot lately. There's the children's book illustrator; the colored pencil artist who likes to draw yarn and food and thorns and stuff; the architectural renderer; the knitter; the mosaic painter; the wannabe art licensor....
Focus woman, focus!
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Everyone is showing pics of the beautiful Fall foliage in their parts of the world these days. I'm bummed ~ everything here is still green. It will turn pretty colors for about a day and half, then all the leaves will fall off and it will be Winter. So if you miss it, you miss it. One of my favorite vacations was taking a tour through New England in the Fall. Its the most gorgeous thing.
I'm in a mood to start cooking and baking in earnest. Today I bought some potatoes ~ Yukon golds, red ones, purple ones, and some sweet potatoes. Tomorrow I'll do a potato bake for dinner (chop them up, boil them a bit to partially cook them, then put them in a baking dish at 425 for about 25 minutes with some salt, pepper, olive oil and maybe some other herbs). Easy and yummy. And pretty.
I need to make something pumpkin-y too. I'd love to make a pumpkin cheesecake, but then I'd have to eat it. Maybe you can all come over and help. I'll letcha know.
It seemed like an average day when suddenly a whirring noise occurred and poof! a flower shaped contraption flew into view. It was perfect for a ladybug picnic :)
Click on this link for an informative and beautiful film about the life cycle of a Ladybug.
Penguin. Dunbar, Polly. Candlewick Press, 2007
Ladybug has mixed feelings about Penguin. Snugglebug however has a definite opinion of the same book. He didn't care for it. The text and illustrations seemed to be over 5-month old Snugglebug's head. Neither captured his attention. The story is about a boy who is given a Penguin. He tries a variety of ways to get the Penguin to engage him in conversation. Since nothing is successful, he resorts to teasing and cajoling Penguin. This, too, does not work. In the end, he tries to feed Penguin to a lion, but ends up being eaten himself. Penguin saves the boy's life, thus ending the language barrier.
The difficulties lie in the latter half of the book. Ladybug does not approve of teasing or cajoling for any reason, especially a language barrier. That said, Ladybug feels this book is on the level of a 4 or 5-year old. It would be a great book to open the conversation about cultural differences and ways to bridge the gap. And in Ladybug's opinion, it is never too early to learn to bridge the gap.
Becky's thoughts: I had mixed feelings on Penguin as well. The teasing and being-eaten-or-almost-eaten-by-a-lion just didn't sit right with me. The "message" of the book is that there are many ways to communicate, many ways to say I love you. And my mother even entertained the idea for a moment or two that the Penguin was able to love unconditionally or sacrificially. It was able to "turn the other cheek" if you will. I couldn't quite embrace the notion of the Penguin-as-Christian-symbol.
The narrator just wasn't likable. In that it reminded me of Princess Justina Albertina by Ellen Dee Davidson (another book about bullying). In that case, our narrator didn't almost get eaten, she really and truly did get eaten. As did Pierre in Pierre by Maurice Sendak if I remember correctly. (Though it's been at least twenty years since I've read it, so it could have been a close call. I don't think that one had anything to do with bullying though.) And then there is Ugly Fish by Kara LaReau which also left me a bit cold. Talk about harsh consequences for bullying! My point, within the scheme of things, books about bullying and teasing, it has its place.
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*made just for illustration friday!
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Author: Meredith Hooper
Illustrator: Allan Curless and Mark Burgess
Published: Frances Lincoln (on JOMB)
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Painstakingly reproduced masterpieces and perfectly rambunctious dogs bring to life this playful tale of a pack of pickled pooches who slip from their painted homes to bring mischief and mayhem to the National Gallery of London.
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Angela Cerrito is a pediatric physical therapist by day and a writer by night. She thinks she has the two best jobs in the world.
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Love the details, as always: ripple in the carpet, yeah.
Where do u come up with these? Too funny. Love the tiny purse.
Awww this is lovely cute !!!
I love it. I agree with artseafartsea, how do you come up with these? So, cute.
Ha ha! “Manbug!” Thanks for the smile!