Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Secret South Dakota Mission . . . wait . . . what?






Welcome to South Dakota


Last Thursday I flew out to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I know what you're thinking, South Dakota? ABRAMS flew myself and Jason Wells out there on a top secret mission. But of course its a secret one that I will reveal on Monday. But in the mean time here are a bunch of photos from my South Dakota adventure


South Dakota loves to hunt with adorable dogs



Our Secret mission started here.


Up at dawn, we meet our contacts here for a simple breakfast.


South Dakota's has a variety of game to be hunted


After breakfast we were ready completed our mission. Here is a sneak peak.



Then we hit the road to see what South Dakota had to offer.S. Dakota offered a 75 mph state highway. At times I was going a tad fast ( 100 mph ) as we drove across the state with Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills in our site.

Lots of road side attractions




Uh . . .?

After a 6 hour drive we arrived to an empty Mount Rushmore all lite up.


7:45 AM Mountain Time



Just down the road from Mount Rushmore is the Crazy Horse Memorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Horse_Memorial

Korczak Ziolkowski
The mountain carving was begun in 1948 by a Polish American sculptor Korczak Ziółkowski, who had worked on Mount Rushmore under Gutzon Borglum in 1924.

This is what Crazy Horse will look like when finished





They have a long way to go.

A wee forest fire.

Mission and sight seeing tour completed. Now its back to NYC to attend a Halloween Party

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Quackenstein Hatches a Family » Trailer

Just in time for Halloween, watch the spooky video trailer for the,
Quackenstein Hatches a Family http://ow.ly/2ZEGf

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Drawn in Brooklyn




DRAWN IN BROOKLYN




Drawn in Brooklyn festival and exhibition of children's book illustrations! Brooklyn's diverse, vibrant environment is home to the most remarkable concentration of children's book professionals on the planet. This fact is put on brilliant display by the work of the illustrators featured in this exhibition. We hope you enjoy this wonderful opportunity to meet these artists and experience their work.

Drawn In Brooklyn Exhibitions
September 21, 2010 – January 23, 2011
Central Library, Grand Army Plaza

Grand Lobby
Original children's book illustrations by 34 artists curated by John Bemelmans Marciano
Foyer Cases
Featured illustrators' picture books
2nd Floor Balcony Cases
Site-specific installations created by illustrators
Youth Wing
Sketches, models, tools and more that reveal the processes behind
the making of picture book art.


Sean Qualls

Sophie Blackall



Lauren Castillo



Brett Helquist



Peter Brown

F

Music Video Sunday—Fionn Ragan

Fionn Regan from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

Glasses Photo Series: Publishing Folk

Sophie Blackall, Illustrator

Sophi



Neil Swaab, Mr Wiggles

Neil Swaab




Martha Mihalick, Greenwillow Books

Martha



Amy Ryan, HarperCollins

Amy Ryan


Colleen AF Venable, First Second

Colleen AF Venable



Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige

Laura Lee


Marcellus Hall, Illustrator/Musician

Marcellus


Susan Van Metre, Publisher

Susan



Grace Lacovara, The Book Nook

Grace



Tamar Brazis, Executive Editor

Tamar Brazis



Fiona Robinson, Author/Illustrator

Fiona Robinson


Jonathan Beckerman, Photographer

Jonathan



Pete, Author

Pete



Kate Moloney, Co-Author, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style



Thursday, October 14, 2010

Dan Santat breaks down . . . his compositions




I just came across Dan Santat's blog about how he breaks down . . . his compositions. It's an amazing insight into how he works and is worth a read.


"Recently, a friend of mine asked me to give my two cents on how I compose a page for book illustration. I don't really consider myself an expert on art, design or composition but I figured I'd share my philosophies on the matter for those who may feel they can be a helpful start in illustrating for picture books.

First of all, I should discuss my influences. I learned everything by imitation. I think, for anyone who has started in art you begin by copying those things that interest you and you improve by repetition. For me, I grew up drawing Garfield and VINCENT from the old Disney movie "The Black Hole" (Don't ask) When it came to children's books my infatuation was with the work of William Joyce..."—DAN SANTAT