Le Petit Chef...

A little experimental doodling. It's amazing how closely vintage styles match today's photoshop toolset.

Extraordinary pancakes of the world..

Extraordinary pancakes of the world... unite!  Righto!  No, this is not a world revolution, it's merely an experiment in new styles based on vintage advertizing. 

It's amazing how well photoshop lends itself to the airbrushed styles of yesteryear.

As simple as A - B - C

 This is the title page from my book 'Cromwell Dixon's Sky-Cycle'.

First comes the idea & inspiration. Then the design -
which often can be more design than drawing.

Next the drawing is refined.

Finally the painting with watercolors on real paper... which is followed by the scanning & final photoshop reworking.

As simple as A - B - C.

Crumbly line...

Speaking of line quality... I just fell in love with this crumbly line that I discovered in my studio one day. It's from my book 'The Dancing Clock'. 

Maybe lines are kind of like coffee-cake. So the really good ones are all crumbly?

And like coffee-cakes, crumbly lines aren't all that hard to make.