It’s been a while since my last post! In fact you may notice I’ve not blogged since the New Year, blimey, what’s been going on?
Well the short answer is “work!”. I usually write blog posts in two languages to go on separate English and Japanese language blogs, which can take up a chunk of time, so I took a tactical decision to stand back from blogging while I tackled more urgent matters. Other social media? Well, yes, to a point, but I’ve tried to keep my online activities short, sweet and quick. As some people read this blog from feeds on Facebook and Twitter I thought it would be quicker to just post occasional updates directly to those platforms, but it’s not quite the same is it. Blogs are more personal, more of a journal, more themed.
Earlier this year I posted daily sketches on Twitter and Facebook until work issues obliged me to stop that too – however sketches will return shortly!
Things have been very hectic. At the moment I’m working on a picture book for Holiday House in the US. It’s my second collaboration with author Marion Dane Bauer, after the spooky Halloween Forest. Though not a follow-up to that title at all, our new book has a somewhat complimentary rhythm.
Without giving too much away at this stage, I’ll just say the book follows the journey of a bear, a child and various other animals through a late winter night, because, as the bear explains, “It is time…”
Time for what you ask? aha….
The title is Crinkle, Crackle, CRACK! Right now I’m painting the spreads, here are some scans of the pen work before colouring.
