Thursday, April 30, 2015

Do You Think I'll Be Able To Get My Book Published?

I've just started a new series of videos on my youtube channel called, "Can A Guy Get His Children's Book Published?" As a professional children's book illustrator working on other author's stories I wanted to document my journey to getting my own book published. I'm going to share the process from story to submitting my book proposal to an agent(s) and I'll share any successes or rejection letters I get as well. I may not be able to share everything exactly as it happens because when or if negotiations happen often you can't divulge any information until contracts are signed and agreements made.

Friday, April 24, 2015

My New Digital Painting Setup - Mac vs PC



In this video I discuss what I think is the best way to get a smoking fast computer at the lowest price possible. Macs are great - no doubt about it - but can a cheaper and faster PC do the trick?

Monday, April 20, 2015


This was a demo I started in acrylic paint on Arches 140 lb hot press paper at BYU in Fumi Kosaka's class a few weeks ago. I didn't get that far because we were talking about illustration and marketing a lot. I finished it in Photoshop after I returned to my studio. I don't know who he is but he seems pretty happy about something :)

Monday, April 6, 2015

Mixed Media - Watercolor & Digital Class - FINISHED!



I just had one of the best few weeks of my life experimenting with watercolor textures and techniques to produce our newest www.svslearn.com class. I've been working on a story for a new children's book and wanted to work in a slightly new style. I felt that the story needed the organic natural feel of traditional textures to communicate some of the feelings in the book. Watercolours have such a unique look to them and are one of the few textures that's really hard to create digitally. The best thing about working digitally is that you can combine scans from any natural fibers, textures, surfaces, etc.

In the class I show how to create the following 5 images below. I also included 20 HD watercolor texture downloads so anyone going through it can avoid having to buy a bunch of watercolor brushes, paper, and paint. Of course making your own textures is really fun but not necessary to work with this tutorial.

For the first 10 people that sign up I've included a free critique night.