Second Letter to my Niece

Here's an excerpt from the second letter to my niece, with accompanying drawing of Hobbes on the top of the cabinets. Look close, he's hard to see.

Fake Model Photography

Drawn! has post about fake model photograpy. I tried it, and after a bit of fiddling, got it to work. Now I can see the interest.

Here are mine, first the source photo:















and then the "fake model."















I like it.

First Letter to the Nephew

I sent my first letter to my nephew today. It contained just this image with the accompanying text, a memory map of the house we lived in when I was nine.

I've made other memory maps, and they're fun to do, even when you don't quite remember the details of the place that you're mapping. I got this idea from a great book about writing called Writing and Illustrating Children's Books for Publication by Berthe Amoss and Eric Suben. It's got some other great ideas in it too.

I'm also sending letters to my niece in Houston. To read an excerpt from that, go to my other blog Telling Deeds.