#ABCsummer "Air is hot"

With starting of Summer, SCBWI Carolina illustrators started the series of #2016ABCsummer.
This is my participation pieces. My intention in this project is, of course, practicing and having fun.
I want to see playing with various medium with new techniques, and typography.

Another exciting update - "Goldilocks Is Back!"

It has been amazing journey with this book since 2013.

In 2013, I met this active couple, Robert and Anne at a local art and craft market.
When they shared the idea of this book, I was so fascinated and could not agree more.

Who is fine with Goldilocks behavior in the traditional fairy talk "Goldilocks and Three Bears"
In the modern terms, Goldilocks did break-in somebody's house and messed up with somebody's belongings. If Goldilocks was not a little kids, this story easily turn into a short and light criminal story. What about her parents? Seriously, Goldilocks' parents are not going to do anything about this event when they got to know?

After I completed the design and illustrations, the initial self-publishing was in 2013.
The couple got an agent for this book to get to the major market, and I luckily could get involved in the process.
However, we had to go through a sad lost of agent, pushing to the major publisher had been stopped.
Ever since, I took this book from show to show and saw how this book sold. Well... every show, I sold all the copies that I brought.

After a little revision with some typos inside and modification of the cover in 2015,
this book is finally available on my Etsy shop and Amazon.com.

The books on Etsy are limited edition of illustrator signed copies, and I will be the one who sends it.
On Amazon.com, customers will experience the quick and easy process just like other shipment.

Please, check out! I guarantee this is a really nice addition to the traditional Goldilocks book.

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/398993373/goldilocks-is-back-childrens-picture?ref=shop_home_active_1

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Goldilocks-Back-Robert-Long/dp/0989185621/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465196410&sr=8-1&keywords=goldilocks+is+back

Zip Line looks like a page from a book

I have been posting only some snap shots of zip line. It still have a long way to go. But I finally scanned the finished works and made them look like a page from a book.
Please cheer this super slow turtle.

Zip Line goes so slow.

After many fails, more than these pictures, I finally made some successful ones.

I really want to finish the paintings for this story asap. It's been a while since I started this.
I submitted this and was rejected many times (or absolutely no answers.)
There is no reason to urge like this, but somehow I feel that way.

Well, at least I love to finish these and hang some at the show in April.

Cheer me up!

My score for SCBWI Carolinas Art Contest!

Early this year, I submitted this piece for SCBWI Carolinas Art Contest. The theme was creating my version of Charlotte's Web. It was fun and challenging to work on this. Picking color palette, working with typography, and creating an powerful image even from the distance were the problems to solve.

Anyway, this is what I got from Chad Beckerman. Whether you might notice this blog or not, I really appreciate your opinion. It could be really nice if I could have comments. but it's okay. I can see you are busy from facebook. 

Artwork#5 ( I guess mine was #5)

1-10 (1 is low, and 10 is high)

Choice of image: 8 

(I don't know what exactly this would mean.)

Suitability for marketing:7 

(Hmmm... I guess it was not clear enough and not powerful enough. I can admit that the usage of typography is not strong enough.)

Understanding of design:7 

(Hmmm... well.. I really like this design. I wanted to viewer to see more as they come closer and everything is about the pig.)

Confident handling of style:7

(It's disappointing while this is truly from my style except new trial of color palette.)

Technical Competence: 6

(... Very disappointing. I can cry on this.)

Appropriate for market: 8

(So... is this mean still somewhat sellable???)

I guess overall it's mediocre okay. Clearly, I am not the winner. 

Okay... book cover is not something that I have confident, but I love to work on those.

This will help me to improve my design and illustration skill for book cover, posters, cards and things. Now I am going to work on Banned Book illustration. Yoo hoo! I am not a huge reader but still a book nerd. Aren't I?

Do you want to see what others did?

Go here: http://scbwicarolinasart.blogspot.com/