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A Visual Feast, Brought to You by 50 Watts
The Cubies’ A B C by Mary Mills Lyall and Earl Harvey Lyall (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1913) via 50watts.com I first came across 50watts.com about a year ago when I was looking for some images by Japanese...
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All About Vine
My children asked me “Dad can you catch a fly with chopstick?” So I made this video & said “Can!” vine.co/v/bwYTjBP7eIW — Pinot (@pinot) March 12, 2013 I’ve been taking a bunch of videos lately...
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Carter is a Painter’s Cat
Carter is a Painter’s Cat, by Carolyn Sloan, illustrations by Fritz Wegner. (Click to enlarge) Today, some inspiration from Carter is a Painter’s Cat, by Carolyn Sloan, with illustrations by Fritz...
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Behind the Scenes of What Makes A Baby: A Kickstarter Children’s Book
Last October, Liz introduced me to a great book called What Makes a Baby, written by Cory Silverberg and illustrated by Fiona Smyth. (I talked about it in my post on picture books and doing it.) Cory’s...
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Author/Illustrator Abby Hanlon Shares Her Kids’ Drawings!
This week P&O is thrilled to have our friend, author/illustrator, Abby Hanlon, join us for a guest post. Take it away, Abby! Abby’s twins. (click to enlarge) My six-year-old twins are in desperate...
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Animal Stackers on Kickstarter!
I haven’t taken a look at Kickstarter in a while, and boy am I glad I did. Not only did I find the much needed Food Huggers (which could really help me out with my lemons), but then I came across...
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Checking in on Vine
The magic water faucet https://t.co/hJ0nhtgtfV — Khoa (@khoaphan) May 23, 2013 - The Vine app has come a very long way since I first wrote about it in March. People are now “Vine famous” many with a...
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The Story With Endpapers
Endpapers for The Big Tidy Up by Norah Smaridge, illustrated by Les Gray. (Click to enlarge.) Cover for The Big Tidy Up by Norah Smaridge, illustrated by Les Gray. (Click to enlarge.) I love opening a...
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Animal Faces
I’m an animal fan (to put it mildly). When I came across this book, Animal Faces by Akira Satoh and Kyoko Toda, I couldn’t believe my luck. It’s such a simple idea; take a bunch of portraits of one...
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“If you are drawing characters really swing your cat.” Highlights From the...
My piece for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, an assignment for the Illustrators’ Intensive. I am still riding an inspired high from last weekend’s SCBWI Winter Conference. I’ve been to the conference...
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Sunshine covers!
These three books are on my bedside table*; they make me happy. First and foremost, they happen to be fantastic reads that I highly recommend full of humor, heart and outstanding illustrations. I look...
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A List of Ideas for Self-Initiated Illustration Pieces
A new piece for my portfolio, based on feedback from SCBWI-LA. ©Robin Rosenthal For the past few months I’ve been working on new pieces for my portfolio based on the amazing feedback I received at the...
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Behind The Scenes of Steve Jobs: Insanely Great, with Jessie Hartland
The cover for Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland “A very brief history of the computer before 1975.” A final spread for Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland. “Throughout the book I...
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Lani Yamamoto inspires me!
From Albert. My complete collection of Lani Yamamoto books. (Click to enlarge). Lani Yamamoto’s books have been a big inspiration to me. I love her books on every level, for the topics they tackle, for...
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Behind the Scenes with Maral Sassouni: The Green Umbrella
Above: The endpapers for The Green Umbrella. Illustrator Maral Sassouni combines ink, pencil, crayon, and monoprinting to create the rich collages in The Green Umbrella, a sweet picture book about...
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Behind the Scenes: The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra, with Ana Aranda
Above: The cover for The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra. I love Ana Aranda’s work, and I especially love her incredible color sense. She embraces purple and pink, and makes these colors feel...
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A Pen & Oink interview with Tao Nyeu: A Look Into Silkscreening and Color...
Above a favorite spread from Mama’s Kisses, illustrated by Tao Nyeu, written by Kate McMullan. Many years ago a friend sent me a link to author/illustrator Tao Nyeu’s old website when she was a...
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