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Hello! My name is T. L. McBeth and I'm a author and illustrator. I have just finished my 10th book and I'm here to remind you that Twitter following and metrics do not equal success! #NobodyArtistClub #IAMSomebodyArtistClub #under10kgang #under1kgang
@KatDamkoehler Hi Katrina! I'm not sure if I would be a good fit but I thought I might as well throw my hat in the ring. If you ever need any minimalistic, blocky body, bug-eyed characters, for whatever reason, I'm your guy. #contemporary #minimalist #humor
Website: https://t.co/3p6PRiEipE
Davey reading up on world travel before another adventure on the dust ball! #bigwordssmallstories #thetravelingdustball @judithhenderson @KidsCanPress
Now that all three of the #bigwordssmallstories books are out in stores and all the .GIF’s are available on GIPHY I thought I would share some of my favorite character moments with you! Starting the bunch is the Sprinkle Fairy!
Early #Ogilvy material test. If you haven't read Ogilvy yet go get your copy today! https://t.co/ecdOnBAaEw
@underwoodwriter @MacKidsBooks 7/7 After a few final tweaks this is the art that ended up in the book! Ogilvy looks simple and minimal, but there are hundreds of layers of shading and texture in each spread. It was the most challenging book I have completed to date and I’m really happy with the end result.
@underwoodwriter @MacKidsBooks 6/7 Step three - All the tiny details. I would add pink to bunny cheeks, then additional textures, draw tiny works of art on the paper laying about in the scene and tone down all the dark black lines and shading to a more mild grey.
@underwoodwriter @MacKidsBooks 5/7 Step two - Sweaters. After I finished all of the outlines and shading, I would move on to adding all the sweater textures, more shading and the background color.
@underwoodwriter @MacKidsBooks 3/7 This was my first attempt at a final spread. I felt good about it at first, but over time I started to see all the mistakes I had made. Character proportions were all wrong and things were too sloppy. I needed to rethink how I was going to do this book.
@underwoodwriter @MacKidsBooks 2/7 This is a more refined colored sketch I turned in during the rough draft phase.