Dandelions for Turtle Magazine

Before this piece I've never drawn a character with such curly hair!

The untamable locks were in part inspired by by 2 year old daughter who's own curly hair is getting bigger and more unruly every day. She always wants me to draw her and so I decided that it was time to man up and figure out how to render crazy long curly hair in my regular style. It took a few attempts to get it right but I'm very pleased with the result. Since it was so fun and I was so pleased with the result all of my characters now have curly hair!

This piece is featured on the back cover of this month's Turtle Magazine. Thanks for the super fun assignment Turtle!

Cricket Lullaby for Turtle Magazine

Pick up the current issue of Turtle Magazine and you'll see this piece I did on the back cover. It accompanies the poem Cricket Lullaby by Jacqueline Schiff.

The first sketch I did (see below) had the cricket in a suit and fedora a la Sinatra but that idea was nixed. I was sad to loose that touch, but I think it helped the image in the end because the suit would have diminished the effect the green has against the monochrome background.

In related news I'll be working on the puzzle pages for Jack & Jill (which is Turtle's sister magazine) for September through to the end of 2012. Be sure to check out the first installment which is a Halloween themed spread.

Masthead Spread for Turtle Magazine

Hey, if you check out the March/April issue of Turtle Magazine then you can see the above illustration featured on the masthead spread. It accompanies a poem by Suzanne Wenk.