Finished Artwork for Snow White

The illustrations are based on the text from "The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales"

"Little Snow -White"

 

 

The huntsman had pity on her and said: “Run Away, then you poor child.” “The wild beasts will soon have devoured you”,

“Are you afraid of poison?”  Said the old woman

 

The dwarfs found Snow White dead

Past post on Snow White: Link1, Link2 
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Pen and ink watercolor, and Photoshop

Snow White in the making

I am coming to the end of reworking my

Snow White illustrations.
I wanted to share some of the artwork,
it's not complete and the photos are poor but that will make the finish artwork even more exciting! :D
 

 

 

I decided on a rabbit for the Huntsman,   

"Run away, then, you poor child." Said the Huntsman to Snow White

 

 

"The wild beasts will soon have devoured you,"

I made a conscious decision not to make the wild beast anthropomorphize

like I did with Snow White and the Huntsman.   

 

I was not %100 sure if I was going to redo the original artwork I thought about it during the SCBWI winter conference. But it was not until MOLES! popped into my head while I was at work

 "Moles could be Dwarfs"; this could work.

  

Don't eat that apple!

 



 

 well the rest has been a labor of love,

I'm working on six pages that will be joined together to create three spreads 

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 I'll scan them into my computer and do the finishing touchups in Photoshop.  

I'm waiting on a new Epson scanner/printer that should improve the quality of the watercolor reproductions.

 

 

I also have been enjoying inking with a brush and a jar of ink.

This was another new thing for me Brush Pens are not cheep a jar of ink and a good brush cost about the same as three of the pens and the pens don't last too long while using them on watercolor paper. the brush seems to hold up just fine and I have a little more play in my line.
 



Snow White watercolor washes

 

Just sharing

 

 What I have been working on;

using the critique Arthur Levine gave me on an assignment for the

SCBWI Winter Conference. 

 

  The subject was do an illustration from the story "Snow White"

I am using the version from "The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales"

"Little Show- White"

I have finished penciling out six (6) pages watercolor is being applied

 and I need to still  black ink line. 

 

 

End thoughts on the 2014 SCBWI Winter Conference

Well it is Tuesday, and the 2014 SCBWI Winter Conference came to an end on Sunday.
I'm still tired, and like always not sure how to put into words how I feel about the conference.
 I go in with hopes to get a clear idea what I need to do and I leave with more questions, how I break into this market? Is still a mystery all I can say is “Keep at it” and I will.

that looks like me speaking to Jason

I met a great group of people who like me are trying to break into this fantastic, frustrating, and challenging market. And hope we stay connected over the years.

One of my high points was a small group review; Arthur Levine critique are small group the subject illustration was “Snow White“ he has a way of saying what he did not like without making it  sound like its the end of the world and gave you encouragement as well without putting your artwork down .
So thank you Mr. Levine!

  Also I was talking to Tomie dePaola, and Cecilia Yung after their lecture and that was a special moment. 

  In a couple of days I think I am going to take this sketch and make it into a finished piece of art; I sketched it while someone was not keeping my attention as a keynote speaker (no need to name names).  I'll take pictures along the way so I can give a break down how I put it all together.

But for now I am going to rest a bit and see if I can get a better grip on the conference material.