Illos. are complete, now the layout

All of the illustrations are finally finished. I am going to edit the text and apply it to the art. I also need to work on a dummy book, so that I can figure out the number of pages and how they will lay out. Once completed, I am ready to start on the next book. I have a couple of ideas that I am currently kicking around. I also need to finish getting the marketing together for this one.

2/3 Finished

I just completed the first batch of my original set of drawings. It has been a little over a year since I first wrote the book, so I feel like I am behind schedule. I have 14 more pages left to do before September. Should be a piece of cake! It is all downhill from here.

Painting

I have been painting over the last few months. I will begin to post the images over the next few days. I still have a lot left to do!

Retirement Party

This is an illustration that I did for a retirement party. It's going on mugs and mousepads.

Penciling on the boards

Here are some of the pages. Only thirty something more to go. Whew!

Working

I'm finished with the sketching phase and beginning to work on actually pencilling in the art. It seemed like I cut a million boards the other weekend. I've finished three pages now, and I'll begin to paint after I get all of them drawn. The format changed a little bit from what I originally had sketched, so I've had to re-work a few designs as I go along. Here are a few shots of the board cutting.

Beach Driving and Ceremony Officiating

After officiating what may have been my shortest ceremony yet (just under a minute), we went geo-caching on the beach. We came up short. The beaches on the Oregon coast have a lot of logs, rocks, trees, and brush. It makes finding items very difficult. I was honored to be asked to officiate our friends Tara and Brian's wedding. The sun actually came out briefly for photos. It's rainy again today, so I want to hang my new vintage bicycle prints in my office and do some more work on the book. I will post photos soon of the progress.

I'm hoping to get a little disc golf in today, but I think the ground will be just too wet.