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

Posted on September 9, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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…

Posted on September 7, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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…

Posted on September 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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

Posted on March 9, 2014 by pouringmyartout

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…

Posted on January 1, 2014 by pouringmyartout

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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Holy moley… I really am an author…

Posted on November 21, 2013 by pouringmyartout

It is just now hitting me for the first time. I really am an author. Oh, I know I haven’t made much money. But there are copies of my books floating around out there. Some of them in countries far … Continue reading →

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Everybody got somethin’ to hide…

Posted on November 1, 2013 by pouringmyartout

… except for me and my monkey book!!! Now I just need to put it in my sidebar and do links… I guess you could just go to thebookpatch.com where my other book is sold and do a search for … Continue reading →

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One more picture…

Posted on October 5, 2013 by pouringmyartout

… from the children’s book I am getting ready to publish. But that is the last one. I can’t give all the milk away for free or nobody will buy the cow… or monkey, as the case may be. And hey, … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about monkeys some more…

Posted on October 2, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I finished the art for the cover of the book… sort of… That is more or less what it will look like. I finished all the little details and clean up art. I might make the monkey a little bigger … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 4…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I have done some more work on the illustration for the cover of the children’s book. But have I gone too far? I have finished the rough outlines. I took your suggestions and instead of the dark ink outlines, I … Continue reading →

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