ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY ~ FLUID

©GINGER NIELSON

Messing around in Painter

I am still experimenting with various forms of scratch techniques in Painter. This is from an image I created for "My African Bedtime Rhymes" by Brettell Hone.   I like the way the black can soften the hippo's skin and the overall effect. I'll play around with this more but there are only certain subjects that seem to be good candidates for this sort of work.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY ~ ZOO

From an interior spread for the book I just illustrated and now available from Stagger Lee Books "Song For A Giraffe"
It took almost a year to complete the illustrations for this book and this image is actually much larger as the giraffe and the text for this spread aren't included here. The research was one of the best parts of the whole experience. I learned so much!
©Ginger Nielson2007
PS... if you want to hear what the animals are singing, just go to my PROFILE section on this blog and play the Audio Clip.

Song for A Giraffe

I received the first few copies of the book I illustrated for Stagger Lee Books in the mail today. I was delighted to see that the colors transmitted with very little change from my originals to the printed copies. The book will be available in 2008, but I will share a few images with you from time to time until then.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY~Discovery

Isn't everything you can discover at the Zoo... a wonderful thing! It really doesn't matter which side of the fence you are on either.


©Ginger Nielson 2007

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