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April 4, 2019 by Yippy

Hi there! Today follow along with Ryan and mom Evie as we draw a blueberry bush, complete with smiling blueberries!

Filed Under: Drawing Tutorials, Kids Activities

February 24, 2019 by Yippy

Hey guys! So my son (9 yrs old) and I have been working on a series of children’s stories for some time – we don’t know exactly what will become of it, but our goal is to eventually self-publish at least some of them. We have about a dozen various stories already, all with the same general cast of characters having different fun times and adventures. A few are close to being a final rough draft, and several are just still ideas with a few dialogues.

Initially I was going to see about hiring out the illustration, but being that this is really just a hobby at this point, we can’t afford to spend the kind of money I saw being needed for the caliber of illustration I know I would want.

While pondering this problem, and telling my son how expensive it would be to hire an illustrator, he was like, “YOU can be the illustrator mom!”

And I was like, wooooaaaaa there pard’ner – he seemed so confident like it was a no brainer and I felt a bit overwhelmed at how natural and able he felt his mommy could be at the task. I’m a woman of mediocre stick-figure ability people!

But his stout statement made me pause long enough to consider the idea, and by July 2018 I began drawing everyday in my new pursuit to move away from stick figures. 😉

So far, I have definitely learned a lot, but have a looong way to go. I do hope to get there.

Here’s a few examples of my current level – much of the time I am drawing from reference which means I am either drawing someone else’s illustration freehand while looking at their drawing, or using an image I found online as a reference. I have learned a lot this way so far.

This is where the “Look” of Ava, one of our main human characters is headed…..we had a snow day recently which sparked the inspiration for this scene.

Asian Dad and Daughter Drawing Illustration
This was drawn with the reference illustration by @vskafandre on IG – please check them out they’re a GREAT illustrator!
Cute black girl drawing illustration
This was drawn from photo references from the adorable IG account of @Euphoria_lotus – basically one of the most beautiful little girls I’ve ever seen!

Filed Under: Writing the Stories

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