Marketing materials

The Last Straw display. Due out Jan. 13th 2009


Wimpy Kid Backlist display

Here we have two of three new displays I designed for the Wimpy Kid Brand.

Design by the Book


"The New York Public Library and design*sponge have invited the five artists to come to the library, become inspired by its collections, and have their entire creative process filmed from beginning to the final finished creative product. In this first episode they’re introducing the project and designers, and I just watched and found myself so inspired. You can find inspiration for your art in so many places, and I think the good old library is a long forgotten gem, so I'm super excited to follow the Design By The Book series."

Featuring fellow alum Julia Rothman!

The Making of Budgie & Boo

Cover

Budgie & Boo is a sweet tale of two special friends by master children’s book author and illustrator David McPhail. While working with McPhail developing Budgie & Boo we had a lot of back and forth. Attached are some of David's correspondences showing through his letter the development of the story. I love these letters and drawings they show David's endless sense of humor and thirst for exploration.
Interior pages


Budgie was a bear. Boo was a bunny.
Budgie grew flowers. Boo grew
vegetables . . .
Budgie and Boo were the best gardeners,
who decided to be the best of friends.
And they were.

Letters and Character sketches



Character Sketches ( deciding what kind of pen to use )



IN STORES APRIL 2009

David McPhail has crafted a timeless tale of friendship in the tradition of such classics as Frog and Toad. Budgie & Boo introduces two new lovable characters who will charm the youngest readers with their humor and high jinks!
Morning, noon, and night, Budgie and Boo work in their gardens, have adventures, and solve problems for each other—from fixing a leaky roof to fixing breakfast—because that’s what best friends are for. Together they learn that even if they lose their way, friendship is all they need to get through the day.



David McPhail has illustrated more than one hundred books for children, including the New York Times bestseller When Sheep Sleep. His other titles include Water Boy, I Love You Because You’re You, and If You Were My Bunny.

Drawing Babar Exhibition at NY's Morgan Library




Last night I had the honor of attending the opening reception at the Morgan Library for the Babar Drawing Exhibition. Seriously amazing stuff. I kept pacing around thinking I can't believe I get to work with this guy ( Laurent ) and why would he ever listen to me? Needless to say I highly recommend taking in this show.


On display from September 19, 2008 to January 4, 2009, the exhibition describes the creative process of Babar the elephant's authors, Jean de Brunhoff (1899-1937) and his son Laurent (b. 1925), through original sketches, illustrations, watercolors and manuscript drafts from each writer's first book in the popular children's series.

Drawing Babar Exhibition at the Morgan Library


See announcement of the Babar exhibition at the Morgan Library in today’s ArtDaily.com. The exhibition is wonderful and Laurent will be signing books at the Morgan tomorrow afternoon.

www.artdaily.org

READ POSTER—Wimpy Kid

Some days I really enjoy what I do.
To be a part of this hilarious (but true) poster just makes me laugh.
Which will be hung all over the place. It's the kinda poster you joke about doing. Knowing that the idea is awesome but it just might not be suited for everyone. Well not this time. Amazing!
Here is the WIMPY KID read poster!

http://www.alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?_sn=catalog&_pn=product_detail&_op=2627

Art Delivery, CITY I LOVE, Marcellus Hall

"Meet me at the corner of Orchard and Broome . . .and bring the art"


"Meet me at the corner of Orchard and Broome . . .and bring the art"
CITY I LOVE is a Spring 2009 book that Marcellus
is on the verge of finishing.
He did an amazing job! I can't wait to share some of the interiors
and sketches to show the process of this book.


Here he is delivering the final piece of art.