Children's Book Illustrators Guild

Let’s see a show of hands: who likes doing research?
Anyone?
We've got one hand…there’s two, three…looks like all the illustrators in the crowd are on board. And with good reason—-thoughtful, thorough research will take a drawing from ordinary to eye-popping. Not only that, but correct research is essential to...

March, the Ides are a smilin’ and the Shamrocks are in bloom, Earth and daylight savings means spring is, is…somewhere… and yet after suffering a winter’s frozen thumb, I say “Think NEGATIVE!” What? You say, but spring will soon be here. Oh fuddle sticks...

Eyebrows rock! And dogs with eyebrows always make me smile. There is just something so wonderful about a dog that looks at you and raises her eyebrows, as if to say, “Do you want to play fetch?”
As visual artists, we learn to pay extra attention to little things like eyebrows. A great pair of eyebrows can express rage, empathy, sorrow, amusement, curiosity and so much more....

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