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What Blood, Sweat, Tears, and Two Months Of Committing Art Looks Like*

  • Jan. 29th, 2010 at 12:24 PM

*Not including a book revision and copyedits; the last signings of a book tour; the holidays; three freelance art jobs; and, well, things like sleeping, eating, and treehouse repair. But you get the idea.

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jimhines
Jan. 29th, 2010 07:29 pm (UTC)
Wow!
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coppervale
Jan. 29th, 2010 07:34 pm (UTC)
Technically, I'd started it all before the book tour - but that was bonkers crazy schedulewise, so this all really only got a head of steam around Thanksgiving.

That's a lot of little lines.
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extralizard
Jan. 30th, 2010 05:18 am (UTC)
I hope your eyes and back are happy to have a rest at all this! It's all quite handsome, of course.
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(Anonymous)
Jan. 29th, 2010 08:00 pm (UTC)
Amazing!
James, it has been wonderful to see these illustrations in process. I can't wait for the next book!
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g33ksquared [blogspot.com]
Jan. 29th, 2010 08:29 pm (UTC)
You are my super hero!!
*_*
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corvidophile
Jan. 29th, 2010 08:41 pm (UTC)
its going to be fantastic. well it already is in its bits and pieces format!
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twinkelbelpeach
Jan. 29th, 2010 09:44 pm (UTC)
Pffft! It's not like you need to eat or sleep or anything like that.
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vdmorris27
Jan. 29th, 2010 09:51 pm (UTC)
It's fantastic to see them all lined up on the wall....even as you rub the poor kinks out of your fingers, hand and shoulder...
...so cool to get to see them all in place, rememnering the last line-up and how THEY would play out...now we get to imagine all over again! :-)
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scottedelman
Jan. 30th, 2010 02:11 am (UTC)
Beautiful!
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scribblerworks
Jan. 30th, 2010 04:25 am (UTC)
Wonderful!!!

Balloons and streamers and tooty-horns and candles and ice cream and cheesecake!

All washed down with Vernor's!

Bravo, sir! Most excellent work.
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allykatt
Jan. 30th, 2010 03:00 pm (UTC)
a job well done, my friend. i remember very clearly the version of this photo with all blank canvases, inspiring you to draw.
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sara013
Jan. 31st, 2010 04:22 am (UTC)
...how do you decide which bit from any given section of a book becomes an illustration? This has always been a mystery to me. ((curious))
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coppervale
Jan. 31st, 2010 04:26 am (UTC)
When I'm outlining the book, I do the thumbnail sketches. and decide on the key moments beforehand. Then I make sure those scenes are written into the book. (He said modestly, revealing the secrets of Creation Itself).
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