My new RISD course is coming soon! – Illustrating Card Decks –
For the past few months I’ve been busy creating an adult ed class that’s a deep dive into the Art of Playing, Trading, and Tarot Decks.
Starts in mid September. If you’re interested, learn more at RISD Online
I’m feeling so proud of my students this summer. In my years of teaching this Children’s Book Illustration class for RISD, I found them to have the most passionate commitment to their work that I’ve experienced, alongside helping each other each week. Here’s one piece from each of them.
The Enchanted Forest Dragon of Brookline is now on display above I-90 in Boston today till 8pm thanks to GBH public radio ??
A friend gave me a picture of herself at the beach. I took it as inspiration to do a warm up sketch. You can watch what took me 30 min in 2 min. Enjoy!
Last week the Pentagon’s release thousands of photos and documents about UFOs and related subject matter. You can see for yourself at: war.gov/ufo
Notice they are being presented as a threat to national security. Even old guard Neil Degrasse Tyson has changed his tune.
As a friendly reminder that all of this is much more extensive and more nuanced than presented by the Dept of War, here are a few paintings that support a state of awareness and harmony.
If you would like to learn more, check out the Worldview page on my website.
Earth Day by Jane Yolen
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
Each blade of grass,
Each honey tree,
Each bit of mud,
And stick and stone
Is blood and muscle,
Skin and bone.
And just as I
Need every bit
Of me to make
My body fit,
So Earth needs
Grass and stone and tree
And things that grow here
Naturally.
That’s why we
Celebrate this day.
That’s why across
The world we say:
As long as life,
As dear, as free,
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
In recent years I’ve gotten into researching and understanding tarot cards, as well as using them in my life. More recently this has included oracle decks, which have a more open-ended structure. What I’d love to do is produce an oracle deck of my own!
To showcase how I might bring an oracle deck to life I mocked one up using pre existing work. I also threw together a few box cover comps and card backs to tie it all together. I’ve shared this with a few publishers.
You can check out the sample collection on my site. Let me know if you have any suggestions!
Hey look! the most recent issue of the RISD Alumni Magazine features my mural :)
They included the connection to Booksmith too.
Thanks to everyone who reached out! I appreciate it.
Ok, here’s the completed image
Giving Into The Dream (link to prints)
Initially this was an early version for the cover of The Dream Thieves. Recently I revisited the image and brought it through to fruition.
Thank you everyone for the encouragement!
