Category Archives: My art

Wizard magic… part 6… (or); it takes magic to make a children’s book…

Another finished page… well, except for the text… from my new kid’s book. I am glad I have been able to recycle some of my old watercolor paintings for backgrounds. Yes, I am still cutting up the original comic strip … Continue reading

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No, baby, you don’t… have… to live like a refugee… because you always have a home to return to right here…

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Follow me… part 3… a caption contest…

Okay, this one isn’t really a picture that follows the ‘follow me’ theme of the other two pictures in this series, but come up with a clever caption just to impress us anyway…

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Follow me… part 2… a caption contest…

Okay, so maybe this isn’t so much a caption contest to give you the opportunity to show how clever you are by amazing us with clever names for my Photoshop art as it is a chance for me to go … Continue reading

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I’m only a writer so that I can wear the fancy shirts with the cool collars…

I mean, what other possible reason could there be to subject yourself to that?

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Wizard magic… part 5… (or); Recycling the wizard!

So how… and why… did I change this… To this… The why is easy. I needed one more picture of Gadzookes, my little wizard from the new children’s book I am working on, and that wizard right up there is … Continue reading

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You don’t have to get dressed up to visit my blog…

You can even show up naked… trust me… you wouldn’t be the first… Trent… I’m looking at you…

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Wizard magic… part 4…

One more page of the children’s book is done… except for the text… and then formatting it and sending it to the publisher without the usual help from my daughter… and then ordering the first copy… and waiting to get … Continue reading

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Wizard magic… part 3… (or);Six hours of work in Photoshop, but hey, it’s for the children!

Well, there it is. Page 20 of my new children’s book about a cute little wizard who is just looking for a friend. The thing is… and this ‘thing’ is mostly just because I like to try to add at … Continue reading

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Wizard magic… part 2… (or); did you know that Photoshop actually has a tool called ‘the Magic Wand?’

I am still working on the artwork for my new Children’s book about the cute little wizard named Gadzookes.  I have now gotten to the part where I am zooming in to look at individual pixels and do some cleaning … Continue reading

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