Daily Doodle: Bunnything

Since illustration became part of my regular work day, I've found it even more important to do regular sketching purely for the fun of it. I have no idea where this bunnything came from, or what exactly he's holding...but I know it's important to him!

"Debbie Ohi" and "Barracuda" have the same number of syllables

If you haven't already, do check out Track 5 in Jeff & Maya Bohnhoff's GRATED HITS CD. :-)

Then, of course, listen to the samples from the rest of the album.

Then BUY the album. Maya Bohnhoff, by the way, is a published speculative fiction author as well as an editor. And it's her birthday today!

Daily Doodle: Will Eat Children For Cookies

Daily Doodle: Monster Peace

My Illustration Mentor: Cecilia Yung, Penguin

Cecilia said it's okay to tell people so here goes: Cecilia Yung, Art Director at Penguin, is officially mentoring me! I'm pretty thrilled.

Below: Cecilia Yung and Nancy Paulsen (Nancy Paulsen Books). Photo taken when I visited Penguin last week (I'll be posted about my trip in Inkygirl and the SCBWI Illustration Mentees Blog.

For those of you wondering how this came about, see this post about my experience at the SCBWI conference in LA last year. Cecilia said I was her pick when it came to choosing candidates for the SCBWI Illustration Mentorship Program, and we've been in touch ever since.