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The new back cover for the new children’s book…

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A test version of the cover of my new children’s book…

What do you think?

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Wizard magic… part 7… (or); why are smiles so hard to do???

So I added this little wizardess to my children’s book, and now I am working on a side view of her… and her smile is driving me crazy… and not in a creepy way… but not in a good way … 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 1… (or); Photoshop, it is about as close to magic as we are likely to get in real life…

So, as long as I am working on my new children’s book, I thought it might be fun to sort of show you what exactly it is I am doing to turn an old comic strip I drew way back … Continue reading

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Some of the finished artwork from my new children’s book…

Just thought I would share a few of the pictures with you that I have been working on. Sort of give you an idea what the finished book will look like. Of course, there will be funny words on all … Continue reading

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Wow, my drunk monkeys really get around… (or): Drunken monkey; not just a style of kung fu!

Some of you may remember this picture from a post I did a while back… which would be good, because I don’t remember the post at all, and I had more or less forgotten ever doing this picture… I should really … Continue reading

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Oh, and I would also like to thank Julie one more time…

Because not only did she buy both book one and book two of my science fiction action/comedy novel seres, but she also got a copy of my charming children’s book: I Like Monkeys. On top of that, she mailed me … Continue reading

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But I’m an ex Berkeley liberal hippy… I can’t be a racist!!!

Yeah, that’s right… I have been accused of being a racist… sort of… in a really offhand way. You know that children’s book I did? The one called: I Like Monkeys. It is over there in my sidebar. I have … Continue reading

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I gave Willie a Christmas present…

He now has his own, signed copy of the monkey book. After our trip to the California Academy of Sciences, we went out to dinner with Willie and his family in a very nice Burmese restaurant in a quaint little … Continue reading

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