Hiatus

As you can see, I'm on a bit of a hiatus from blogging. It seems the more deadlines I have, the less likely I am to find time to write. You do the math. And luckily, I'm about to get a week-long break from it all. We leave for Kauai early next week... and not a moment too soon!

More when I return. Really.

A book... while we're away

We're away for a short vacation in Montana (my home state!). But while we're gone, I thought I'd share one of our old favorites—Leonardo, the Terrible Monster. It's a sweet story of a monster that just isn't scary, complete with fun illustrations. It's my favorite of Mo Willems' books, who you might know from Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, and Knuffle Bunny—also good books... but there's something about this one that just makes me smile.

Illustration Links

A few great illustration links... I think it's time to start doodling again.

Julia Rothman
I LOVE her wallpaper. LOVE. IT.


Tad Carpenter
Creator of such lovely monsters :-)

Virginia Kraljevic
Beautifully intricate drawings

Christmas in August

It's been a long time since my last post, but I wanted to share my latest "book" purchase—Eric Carle's Dream Snow Pop-Up Advent Calendar (I love Eric Carle's illustrations!!!!). I know, it's not anywhere close to Christmas... but I decided to take advantage of Chronicle Books' Friends and Family Sale and buy a few gifts. My daughter is finally old enough to start playing with some really cool stuff, so bring on the tiny pieces!

I hope she likes it as much as I will.

Client Spotlight

PicPocket Books


It's about time I began introducing some of my wonderful clients. While I may feel the need to prove that I do, in fact, work (a little)—the real reason for the post is to focus on some of the great ideas people are bringing to fruition, even in this dismal economy. So in this inaugural "spotlight" post, I decided to highlight one of my newest clients, PicPocket Books. Not only are they incredibly nice people, they have a great product—childrens' books that can be downloaded from iTunes. I downloaded their first book, My Friend Isabelle, and my daughter loves it. It definitely comes in handy when we're waiting in line!

I was fortunate enough to get to work on both the logo and site design for PicPocket. I love being able to take on integrated "campaigns". Not only are these projects more creatively satisfying, they usually have a better visual outcome, as having only one designer involved makes for a better process for everyone (just my opinion). On top of that, it is great to be able to help out a client from the beginning and feel the excitement for their business/organization and be able to translate that graphically.

Check 'em out at picpocketbooks.com or on iTunes.