Kamon

Cryptids of North America

I had a fantastic time working on this assignment. So much so in fact, that I took my character illustrations and printed a couple of shirts over at Fallen Arrows. I've often thought about illustrating children's books, and this was a fun opportunity to play around with that idea. The only negative was that when uploading to Issuu.com, a number of the gradients completely screwed up. It's very odd, since in the PDF they appear completely fine. I also had a journal of sorts at the back of the book, a few pages for kids to take their own notes. Since that would've looked awkward online, I removed them from the book. So the online version is pretty basic and not nearly what I envisioned. I think I would actually need to reformat the entire book to get it to work like I would want:

http://issuu.com/kwelch5/docs/cryptids_book_single_pages

A much needed update

I've sadly been neglecting my blog this semester. I've never been good at keeping a diary or journal, either. It's a habit I just can't seem to make for myself, though I keep trying. Maybe I just have a hard time talking about myself and my work to the world? Or maybe I'm just forgetful. Probably the latter.

In any case, this was the bag from our initial three part assignment, to draw on blank cups, bags, and sketchbooks. This was my favorite of the three. I was really pleased with how the type turned out. The corgi queen turned out ok, just wish I'd spent a little more time on the initial sketch (since it's a little wonky and doesn't really look like a corgi). This was a really open ended and creative assignment though, and I hope we have more of these in the future.