Here is a collection of cards and drawings I’ve given my sister over the years. Her name is Katharine but she answers to a variety of obscure and unrelated nicknames, including Chinn, Chinn Bear, Chinn B., Beeks, Bikkhu, etc, etc (I picked up Bikkhu in a religious studies class. The Buddha called his disciples ‘bikkhus.’ Naturally, I now call my favorite disciple Bikkhu.) Oh, and she likes pandas…

Somewhere I actually have a small, rhyming, illustrated book by myself titled “Panda Partay.” Don’t worry, when I find it I’ll show it to you.

Happy Spring!

I wish I could make this image bigger…Original dimensions are 17″ x 5.5″. Sometimes my morning sketch gets a little out of hand.

A detail:

Here’s some character sketches from my book concept I Don’t Want To Wear My Diaper, which follows a little girl who is ready to NOT wear a diaper anymore. Gosh, who hasn’t been there.

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I spent some time volunteering in my mom’s 0-9 months ECFE parent and child class and so got to hang out with some great kids of diaper age. They all have that dumpy diaper butt going, and the ones who were walking usually had those darling chunker legs, omg. This character is a little older than that – ready to be thinking about toilet training – but I borrowed elements of the baby physique, just leaned out a little.

There’ll be more where this came from – I need to redraw the dummy (a picture book template, not an insulting term). I’m planning on a color scheme of orange, blues, and purples. As you can see in the angry drawing above, I’m using some strong oranges to highlight her heightened emotion. Always a learning process and an experimental one – I’ll let you know how it goes!

Here’s some manga-inspired cards I’ve made my boyfriend over the past few years:) (For those who don’t know, manga is a Japanese drawing style; anime is the animated version)

 

 

 

Maybe next time I’ll show you the cards I give my sister. ALL PANDAS ALL THE TIME.