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What happens when you take a page from a children’s book you wrote, and add a little magic… part 3…

Posted on September 12, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Okay, I swear, that is the last one I am going to do… Of this particular page. HA!

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What happens when you take a page from a children’s book you wrote, and add a little magic… part 2…

Posted on September 11, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Yup… but it still started off looking like this…

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I Like You… part 2…

Posted on February 27, 2016 by pouringmyartout

So… about the new book for children I am writing… I know, I haven’t actually shared the poem that makes up the text yet, but I have managed to get my actual, most favorite, comfy, size fifteen tennis shoe to look much … Continue reading →

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I Like You… part 1…

Posted on February 26, 2016 by pouringmyartout

So, this time, instead of painting the illustrations for my new book for kids, I thought I would take actual photographs, and then paint over them in Photoshop… So, hopefully, that explains why I showed you this picture I took … Continue reading →

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My new children’s book is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on October 10, 2015 by pouringmyartout

 I just got my first copy. There is one small formatting error, which I should have fixed this weekend… It even has a back cover… wait… I just noticed that the sun on the fence makes it look like it … Continue reading →

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I took your advice, for a change… here is the new back cover of my new children’s book…

Posted on October 5, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Many of you said that my original artwork for the back cover (shown below) was too… ‘busy’… ‘jolting’… well, you used a lot of different words to tell me it wasn’t my best work… Okay, the thing is… and I could have kept this … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 27, 2015 by pouringmyartout
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Wizard magic… part 5… (or); Recycling the wizard!

Posted on September 11, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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

Posted on September 8, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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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