Wednesday — April 6th, 2011
Donovan’s two moms are getting married, and he can’t wait for the celebration to begin. After all, as ringbearer, he has a very important job to do. Any boy or girl with same-sex parents—or who knows a same-sex couple—will appreciate this picture book, by Lesléa Newman, about love, family, and marriage. The story captures the joy and excitement of a wedding day while the illustrations show the happy occasion from a child’s point of view.
It’s been a long wait, but I’m very excited to announce that my first kids picturebook will be available in just a few weeks is now available! Thanks so much to the kind folks at Tricycle Press (hi Joanne!) and the author (hi Lesléa!) for giving me the opportunity to work on this wonderful story.
You can order a copy pretty much anywhere - here are a few places:
If you’d like to pick up a copy, that’s GREAT! Nearly as awesome would be to help spread the word via Twitter, Facebook, etc. So please, please, please use the ShareThis button below to help out. Who knows, it may lead to more kids books for me in the future!
Until then, see you guys at the wedding. 
November 11th, 2011
When I was a little kid, I’d draw my dad in these epic war scenes. He always had a mustache, a machine gun, and a backpack, and he was fearless. Now, as an adult, I can understand how glad he must be to have that actual chapter of his life far, far behind him. But I’m still proud to honor him and all veterans today - albeit with a slightly quieter drawing.
October 31st, 2011
My wife and I are having a great time being brand new parents, having welcomed our first son, Elliot, into the world back in September. It’s exhausting to say the least, but so much fun too! I hope to share more sketches with you guys soon to describe some of the adventures we’ve already had.
For now, this is Elliot making his “Oo-Yoo Face”. Oo-yoo is how you say milk in Korean. 
October 20th, 2011
Thanks for inspiring us to “live happily and express our happiness”, Mary Blair. I hope you like this drawing I did for your birthday!
June 30th, 2011
While getting ready to post this, I realized I’ve announced the news pretty much everywhere but my own blog. Well, what better way than with a drawing? 
June 5th, 2011
For Richard Scarry’s doodle, I had a lot of fun working with the folks at Random House — including one of Scarry’s actual art directors, as well as his son, Huck — in order to create an original pencil and watercolor depicting Busytown. There is so much going on in Busytown that I thought I’d post a larger version here (click to enlarge).
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Here are a couple behind the scenes photos of the original as well.
The drawing was done in pencil, then scanned digitally and printed out in solid black on acetate/clear film.
The drawing was also transferred to illustration board in blue pencil so I could work the painting on a separate layer.
Scarry’s technique allowed him to work pretty loosely with his watercolors, and he’d frequently paint off-register, not quite up to (or way beyond) the line drawing. It was a lot of fun working in such a loose manner, and if transferring drawings weren’t truly the most painstakingly slow process, I’d probably do it more often! Nevertheless, I hope you guys enjoy Busytown, while having a not-so-busy Sunday. Happy Birthday, Mr. Richard Scarry!
