tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37261714747317333092024-03-18T21:27:45.799-07:00MG Children's Book IllustrationsHello, Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog. This is a place where I share illustration information and my own process work with tips and suggestions. I hope to have plenty for the advanced illustrator and the hobbyists. Comments and suggestions are allways welcome!My illustrations can be found at www.matthewgauvin.comMatthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-64316547012883538272014-06-28T19:15:00.002-07:002014-06-28T19:15:48.968-07:00Possibly My Last Children's Book<div class="userContentWrapper aboveUnitContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-5989762243187667222014-04-25T17:24:00.000-07:002014-04-25T17:24:00.779-07:00New InterviewI just did an interview with theillustratorsmarketBlogSpot.com. It's been a while since doing an interview and it was quite fun taking some time to think over the questions. Talking bout your art and your journey that got you to your current spot really helps you to see how much you've learned and helps to narrow in on what's important to consider when moving forward. <br />
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I also spent the day going to a couple of art galleries in nearby towns. One gallery acted like they could care less about my art and didn't feel my art was a match for them but the other accepted four pieces!!! It has given me the encouragement I needed to keep moving foreward with more landscapes throughout the upcoming summer. Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-14973673654879978542014-04-21T11:50:00.000-07:002014-04-21T11:51:01.795-07:00East Burke Vermont Winter Landscape Painting of Bure MountainI've been busy with a lot of different projects lately but was happy to be able to work in some time for an ala prima landscape painting this past week. It's the first acrylic painting I've done in a looong time but I tried to paint it like I would an oil, trying to lose the edges in some areas and having lots of colors worked into each section. The painting is now available on my etsy store.<br />
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<br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-20843203096428688112014-04-04T05:13:00.001-07:002014-04-04T05:13:06.414-07:00Landscape Art QuiltThis month for my Vermont Etsy Team I would like to share the work of a fellow Vermonter who makes landscapes with fabric. I saw here work and was inspired by what Carol McDowell Is able to do by combining various fabric prints. This is one of my favorites. She sells patterns and a few original quilts.<br />
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I promise this isn't another April Fools joke, even though I thought it was when I found out last night. While checking e-mails I discovered that <a href="http://www.childrensillustrators.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.childrensillustrators.com</a> actually made me their Illustrator of the month!!!!! That means for t<span class="text_exposed_show">he month of April they will have a link to my page on the front page of their site! What an awesome early birthday present! I've been on the site for less than a month and I'm pretty excited to see if this might possibly get some business coming my way. I kept putting it off for years and years because of the cost to join but finally bit the bullet knowing I need to do something different. They say the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again while expecting different results. Barb has pushed me out of my insanity and encouraged me to get myself and my art out there a bit more than I would on my own. </span></div>
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</span><br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-24845812708258183562014-04-01T06:33:00.000-07:002014-04-01T09:38:03.033-07:00Vermoosin' Hard Cider!!!!Vermonters will probably remember last year when The Vermont based company "Woodchuck Hard Cider" was in a dispute with the "WoodChuck Coffee Roasters" Company over their name and Logo. <br />
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Well that dispute worked out to my favor in a LARGE way as I'm now happy to present their new labeling and Identy will be branded around Barbs and My "Vermoosin" Concept! They are calling it "Whacky Antler Hard Cider" and will be working with me to create a whole line of Kirby the Moose Illustrations to fit each of their products. Below is a mock up they sent of their "Amber" product. Not only will I be getting a whole lot of free hard Cider but I managed to work out a really amazing advance and royalty with them!!!! Here's a link to my original Vermoosin' products on zazzle for those interested in purchasing them. <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/sneezingleopard">http://www.zazzle.com/sneezingleopard</a>* <br />
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EDIT: Sorry to have to report this is actually just a bad April Fool's Joke. I posted it to FB as well and I started to feel pretty bad when everyone was showing such kind support. I have to say I even surprised myself when I dropped that moose into place in photoshop and saw how cool he looked. Maybe I should contact "Woodchuck" and see if they have plans to launch another line of products anytime soon!<br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-61929813748153425632014-03-24T08:53:00.000-07:002014-03-24T08:53:25.015-07:00New Cover Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The second book in the Silas series is well underway with all of the 19 rough internal drawings done! In this book Granny snow finds a friend for Silas and brings her home. I really enjoyed designing the cover of the book as I don't often get the opportunity to spend a good deal of time designing a building or house. This house was initially inspired by a house in Lyndonville VT but further inspired by various reference pictures I have. <br />
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About a year ago I learned a trick from James Gurney's blog that has helped me immensely in how I approach children's book illustration. I don't have time to fully explain it but basically to give everything a more cartoony look and feel he suggested simplifying the forms and making objects bigger and wider than they would be in real life. He showed some pictures from animated background designs that demonstrated the point. One I remember in particular was from "Snowwhite and the seven dwarfs" which showed the inside of the dwarfs house as having short stubby stools, wide thick window sills, large wooden beams on the ceiling etc. I always have this principle in the back of my mind these days and try to work it into play whenever possible. I've also received some inspiration from watching tree house masters on tv in which they incorporate all kinds of fun shapes and proportions into their designs. Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-40360485973431098752014-03-18T12:01:00.000-07:002014-03-18T12:01:34.998-07:00How to Build up Your Illustration CareerThis was originally a response to a young illustrator who contacted me a few years back asking what she should do to prepare for an illustration career. Today I spent bit of time reorganizing my thoughts to post in response to a blog post from one of my college teachers asking the same question for the benefit of his current senior class. Sooo much more could be said on the topic but here's my response to what I feel is most important for an illustration senior to consider as they contemplate entering the "Real World".<br />
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say no to a project until you find out as much info as you can even
if that means spending some time conversing back and forth just to
figure out if you can work something out with the client. Sometimes
the people who start out wanting you to work for free or for a split
profit situation is the one who ends up paying you the most if you
only take the time to talk with them and be honest about your
pricing. It can also be instinct to say no if they want something
done sooner than you could provide it. Always ask them if they are
willing to wait a few months if you already have a project going as
you’ll be surprised how many will wait. Sometimes the initial gig
may be too small or not of interest to you but I’ve had logos turn
into more work and I had a CD cover that lead to my first book. I
think in a way it’s best to start out a bit ignorant as you will
have less fear to try new stuff. I’ve done a bunch of random
contests and illustration work for individual clients in between
books to stay in business. Everything from sign painting, logos, pet
portraits, architectural renderings, Point of purchase display
illustration, landscape painting etc. etc. Some things you’ll enjoy
and some you’ll never do again. I did some portrait paintings and
quickly learned that wasn’t my best skill but then discovered a
particular style of caricature that was more in my comfort zone. The
one place I would advise to say no for sure is if they want you to
work for free or for some sort of split the profit scheme and won't
budge on that. don’t do work for free unless it's a competition or
you are getting compensated with something comparable to the worth of
your work. Children's illustration for example is filled with self
publishing authors who want you to work for split profit scheme but
who may never even figure out how to get their books published in the
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thing I can suggest is to build a website or at least a blog to post
your art. No one will hire you if they can’t see your work samples.
Every single illustration gig I ever received started with me sending
a link to my illustration portfolio for potential clients to view.
Most potential clients are looking amongst tons of illustrators at
once and most illustrators already have websites and such so if you
don’t have one, the other illustrator’s will beat you every time.
I built an easy website on freewebs.com now called webs.com . If you
don’t have time to worry about designing your own website then get
on blogger.com and post some pics onto a blog to send potential
clients to. There are of course large illustration portfolio websites
but you want your own little nook on the web to send people to where
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Do your best in
college or in your current state to make the best art you can, so
that when you branch out into illustration as full time career and
build a website, you will already have some great pieces to show to
potential clients and not just some paintings of fruit and nudes. I
wish I could show you my very first website and the images I launched
on it so you could see how far I’ve come over the past few years.
Post what you have and just keep working at it and make more and more
new and better stuff to replace the old stuff. When you start looking
back on the old stuff , and can see all of the flaws , you’ll know
you’re making progress.
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Even most art competitions are
debatable as many are just out to get your money. For the first few
years of my career, winning competitions kept me in business but I
did my research and tried to only enter competitions I felt I had a
chance to win where the judges would be interested in my style of
art.
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<b>Learn the Major Illustration Digital
Software</b></div>
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If I had to say one program to learn,
Adobe Photoshop would have to be the one. Adobe Photoshop elements is
a smaller version that basically does everything I need it to do and
is much cheaper. I got a free copy with a cheap digital camera and
more recently got a copy with a new drawing tablet. You can also get
free photo editing software online like Gimp. That will let you
re-size and crop art for the web as well as a ton of other stuff I’ve
come to rely on it for. In the past few years I made the switch to
digital art using photoshop to create final art. The majority of
publishers are only interested in digital art in my experience as its
easier for them to request changes, it's faster and they don't have
to worry about scanning/digitizing the original art. More recently I
started working with vector art software called Inkscape which is
basically a free version of Adobe Illustrator. That software is great
for logos and images that will need to be scalable for banners, truck
decals etc. and of course many artists use it for more graphic styles
of illustration or for creating smooth line drawings.</div>
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I would also say it’s important to
constantly promote yourself and search for your next gig while
working on your current gig so you won’t be out of work for two
months in between each project. In college we were told that it
wasn't the most talented who would succeed but rather the most
persistent and those with the best contacts. Artists tend to be a
very quiet folk who keep to themselves. In order to break into
illustration you really need to be able to self promote constantly
and almost have to overcome your own desire to sit in a corner and
draw, without others seeing your art. No matter how good you become
as an artist you simply won't get the jobs unless you let people know
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You could start
with something as easy as doing marketing e-mails about your
progress. I used to send them out once a month but these days it’s
getting to be more like a couple of times a year. That basically
lists art competitions I’ve entered, galleries, book reading events
coming up, new blog posts, projects I’m working on and sometimes
helpful websites and advice for my art friends on the list. I include
friends, family, past clients etc. as a way of keeping me and my art
on people’s minds and hopefully generate more work. It’s also
been a great way to hear back from old friends about what’s going
on in their lives.<br />
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During your senior year you are asked
to create mailer postcard illustrations. At first it can be tempting
to think those won't amount to much but My first real publishing gig
with a brick and mortar publisher came as result of those mailers I
did my senior year. That client has now hired me three times.
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Another way I've started to get
recognition for my work in my hometown is by attending various craft
fairs and having gallery shows of my work. I generally don't make a
ton of money at the actual events but I do often meet people at those
events who become good clients asking me to work on small projects
every now and then. Give out tons of business cards and chat with the
other artists at the events to learn from them. I've had people buy
stuff on my etsy store who I met in person at a craft fair, one guy
has commissioned me for about $500 worth of work over the years, A
lady from one gallery book reading event later contacted me to do a
book reading at a local school which paid $200 plus sale of any
books.<br />
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You'll find many ways to promote.
Just do your best to post your work all over the web on sites like
artwanted.com, deviantart.com, craig's list ads, facebook, linkedin,
children's illustrators.com, zazzle, etsy, tophatter etc. etc.Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-43709636659856588512014-03-11T15:58:00.000-07:002014-03-11T15:58:04.358-07:00Redemptorist Logo UpdateEarlier today I posted some process work for a new logo. Here's the final design they chose brought to finish. The color version will be for a 5'x8' banner which is vector art done with inkscape which is basically the same as adobe illustrator. the single color version is for t-shirts, also done in inkscape. The cool thing about vector art is that the files are based on mathematical formulas rather than pixels so the art can be enlarged as much as needed and will never loose quality. <br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-72094502868963092092014-03-11T06:34:00.001-07:002014-03-11T06:34:54.232-07:00New logo and Children's Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Work is well underway for the second book in the Silas series " Silas Gets a Sister". We've gone through character designs, Thumbnails sketches and are almost done the rough drawings headed into final drawings and color samples in the next few weeks. Here's a couple of my favorite scenes so far from the book. The first book is available at <a href="http://www.thesilasseries.com/">www.thesilasseries.com</a> <br />
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I also recently Accepted a second logo design for an order of priests known as the Redemptorist. The log is for a youth conference they have coming up in New York. We started with a rough sample they sent and tried various alterations and into rough color samples. I designed it to work as a solid design on t-shirt and then as a full color vector version for large banners.<br />
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Here's the first design I did a few years back.<br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-87855600919576801272014-02-26T05:30:00.000-08:002014-02-26T05:30:00.395-08:00Vermont Landscape Oil Painting Posters and Pillows Available<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I posted links to canvas prints that are now available of my two large Vermont landscape paintings. I've had lots of people show interest in these images but many don't have the extra cash for a canvas print or an original piece of art. So I now have poster prints available at a much more affordable price of about $20 for posters that are roughly 30"x 15".<br />
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<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_from_burke_mountain_poster-228449868142840144?rf=238344308620390165">http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_from_burke_mountain_poster-228449868142840144?rf=238344308620390165</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_westmore_vermont_oil_painting_poster-228883102036149465?rf=238344308620390165">http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_westmore_vermont_oil_painting_poster-228883102036149465?rf=238344308620390165</a> <br />
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I also tried a product for fun and actually ended up liking it quit a bit. I put both paintings on a double sided pillow. <br />
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<u><span style="color: #0066cc;"></span></u><br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-43724242396576508822014-02-25T10:56:00.000-08:002014-02-25T10:56:34.018-08:00Canvas Prints of my new Original LandscapesOver the past seven months I painted two new large landscape paintings. As of today those paintings are now available to purchase as high quality canvas prints in my online store. The original art isn't yet ready for purchase but will likely be available sometime soon. The links are below.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_from_burke_mountain_canvas_print-192531746874324310?rf=238344308620390165">http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_from_burke_mountain_canvas_print-192531746874324310?rf=238344308620390165</a><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_westmore_vermont_oil_painting_canvas-192140012953529503?rf=238344308620390165">http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_westmore_vermont_oil_painting_canvas-192140012953529503?rf=238344308620390165</a><br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-64404939185144805262014-02-18T07:24:00.000-08:002014-02-18T07:31:58.224-08:00Children's Book Character Designs Part of the fun of each new book is designing characters but its also extremely time consuming and can be hard to really develop each character as much as one would like. Doing a book series enables me to delve in a bit deeper with each new book to develop the characters a bit further than the first book.<br />
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For the second book in the silas series we get to find out what this energetic granny wears to work, or what does she wear on a fun day with the grandkids? The book also introduces some new characters. Below I've posted some of my color samples and the final chosen samples.<br />
The first book in the series is available for purchase at <a href="http://www.thesilasseries.com/">www.thesilasseries.com</a> <br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-61920158632007573562014-02-17T08:56:00.001-08:002014-02-17T08:56:50.926-08:00Wine and Art Snowcase I don't get a chance to do a lot in terms of meeting the public with my art much these days so when I do it's all the better. This past weekend I was at a local show with my landscapes and decided to bring some of my books along as well. As usual with these events, I didn't make a bunch of sales but I did meet a couple of people who may hire me for small gigs down the road. I also had the opportunity to talk with many of the other artists and got some great tips and advice. In particular I was happy that I'm finally starting to figure out a setup that isn't extremely hard to put together and looks pretty good compared to past events.<br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-28275899096485102672014-02-14T10:16:00.000-08:002014-02-14T10:16:06.645-08:00IF TwistedHere's my illustration for this weeks illustration Friday topic "Twisted". It's from the teen chapter book " The Silver Shuttle" By Jennifer Fell-Hayes<br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-25699377143958250742014-02-09T14:30:00.001-08:002014-02-09T14:30:46.299-08:00Vermont Oil and Watercolor Landscape Paintings and Illustrations for SaleI recently updated my Etsy store with a ton of new Vermont landscapes, watercolor and oil as well as a few of my illustrations that I own the rights to. You'lle also find some digital prints of my art. Please have a look and find something great for your walls! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/matthewgauvin?ref=si_shop">https://www.etsy.com/shop/matthewgauvin?ref=si_shop</a><br />
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<br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-22845279417778410442014-02-09T14:22:00.000-08:002014-02-09T14:22:34.608-08:00New Books Available now In the new year I received my copies of the cobblestone magazine I illustrated this past year, along with the two new books recently published, "Big Ole Striped Silas" and "Brave Roger, Little Mumps and Me". I'm extremely happy with all of the products but particularly pleasantly surprised and happy with both of the books. Both are my first on glossy paper and make all the difference in the world. The Silas book is available for purchase on <a href="http://www.thesilasseries.com/">www.thesilasseries.com</a> and the "brave Roger . . ." book is only available on my personal website in a few days. <a href="http://www.matthewgauvin.com/">www.matthewgauvin.com</a><br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-71329966552154250272013-12-29T17:12:00.000-08:002013-12-29T17:12:21.969-08:00Handmade Holiday GiftsHaven't posted much on the ole' blog lately as I just finished off a book and have been working on various other random projects over the holiday season. Took some time to wrap up some projects around the house along with making handmade gifts as shown below. The first couple pics show a bread box that I built and painted for my sister in just her style, the second group shows an incense holder I sculpted and painted for my wife which depicts Kirby the moose fishing in the same color kayak as my wives, the third group is of a jewelry cabinet I made for my wife, the fourth is a set of silverwear I made for my dad in the hopes they would make it a bit easier for him to eat (he has parkinsons), and the last couple of images show a bird feeder I built for my dad. Can't wait to get it put up to see how it looks with snow on the roof!<br />
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Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-43811581615726603462013-11-20T09:46:00.000-08:002013-11-20T09:48:04.213-08:00Cobblestone Three and book fifteen!!!!I've been super busy these past few months working on my recent book "Big ol' Striped Silas" which I've figured is now my fifteenth book!!!! Sooo hard to believe. This past month I had the opportunity to work on my third assignment for Cobblestone Magazine. Here are some final art from both projects. <br />
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Cobblestone: Civil Rights Leaders you should Know. Bond, Jemison, Murray, Steele<br />
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<br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-10302381370010592872013-10-25T05:30:00.001-07:002013-10-25T05:32:12.304-07:00Entangled - IFThis weeks Illustration Friday word is "Entangled". This is a word I'm very familiar with lately as I've taken on a part time job to go with my full time illustration work and have found myself all wound up in various kinds of work.<br />
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For my illustration work I recently moved the digital half of my studio to a part of the house with more foot traffic. Due to limited space in this new area I have my flat screen monitor hung on the wall and a swivel office chair that swivels between digital illustration mode and watching tv mode. The longer I stay in this environment the wires for headphones, wacom tablet, monitors, scanners and printers have multiplied and it has become more difficult to swivel without getting all tangled up.<br />
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For my part time job I'm detailing cars and equally i find myself tangled in the water hose and the vacuum cord and hose while I try to wedge all 6'2" of me into a chevy impala one minute and into a cobalt the next. I can envision either of these situations making great illustrations and wish i had time to sketch them out.<br />
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What i do already have sketched out though is a fellow who works as a veterinarian who finds himself all tangled in his work. This first sketch is the first round drawing for the vet in the book " The Little Boy With No Name and No Birthday".<br />
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While I loved the technical aspects of the drawing and spent lots of time getting the folds and anatomy looking good, Ultimately I had to opt for a friendlier and more playful drawing.<br />
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The final art below.<br />
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<br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-75412643525599643252013-08-27T09:31:00.000-07:002013-08-27T09:31:01.011-07:00Vermont Oil and Watercolor Landscape PaintingsEach year I wait alllll through the winter to finally have a chance to go out and do some ala prima landscape paintings in the summer. The same was true of this year but unfortunately I never found a chance so far this summer to go out in the field and paint on location. A few weeks back i did finally take a bit of time to do a quick watercolor on location.<br />
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Then finally over the past couple of weeks i carved out some time from my current children's book to do a couple of oil landscape paintings of local vermont scenes. Both are done from photos though. The first is a barn in lyndonville vermont.<br />
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I will have them for sale pretty much as soon as they dry and i can get a frame on them. I'm not yet sure where i will have them for sale but considering local shops or the hospital, which displays local artists on their walls. This second one is from the top of Burke Mountain in East Burke Vermont looking out over Willoughby Gap and Willoughby Lake in Westmore Vermont. I've hiked Mnt. Hor, Mnt. Pisca and Blad Mnt. all visible in this image.<br />
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<br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-59781470455840042882013-08-09T12:40:00.003-07:002013-08-09T12:40:36.544-07:00IF: FreshFor this weeks illustration Friday I'm posting my very first Vermoosin' Design that i originally illustrated as a valentines card for my wife and later adjusted for various other products. Kirby the moose is seen offering up a FRESH boquette of flowers that he picked himself.<br />
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www.zazzle.com/sneezingleopard*Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-41156151980474645552013-08-08T06:28:00.000-07:002013-08-08T06:34:26.026-07:00Free Vermoosin' Coloring Pages and an IntroductionFor the coloring pages go to the end of this post.<br />
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I was looking through the last few blog posts I did and realized I haven't really posted any of the illustrations from my new line of Vermoosin' Products yet. I've also been wanting to post some more free coloring pages for kids and since this bunch of illustrations belong entirely to me and I have good line drawings of them, I have the freedom to do that!<br />
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So far I only have a handful of illustrations as I rarely have time to work on my own projects. I have big ideas in my mind and am still considering doing a couple of different styles to see if maybe the full line is done in another medium or style than this. Actually the moose on the bottom right was done in watercolor as it was originally a design i made up for my wife for valentines day. I worked in digital for the rest as I started out thinking of doing screen printed T's and needed to have a limited color pallet, but that route didn't work out and so for now I kept things simple using zazzle as my printer. www.zazzle.com/sneezingleopard*<br />
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The illustrations I have so far.<br />
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I'm hoping to eventually kickstart this project so I can actually give it the time and money it deserves. The moose's name is Kirby (my wife's home town) and I've begun to develop an entire back story to his existence which one day may make it into a children's book. He's a young energetic Vermont moose who pretty much enjoys any Vermont sport you can imagine (hiking, yaking, bowling, fishing, biking etc.) and of course his favorite drink is Vermont maple syrup which gives him all the energy he'll ever need for his wacky endeavours! I'm sure I'll reveal more of his story as time goes on but that's the basics.</div>
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some of the products you can find on my Vermoosin' store www.zazzle.com/sneezingleopard*</div>
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Now for a few free coloring pages for kids to print out and use their own style to color in. These line art drawings were done with fine tip markers and then vectorized with inkscape to create clean crisp bold lines. Feel free to print out as many copies as you would like for students, doctors office, or your own kids. I would also love to see what they come up with so please send me a copy of their finished art to matthew.gauvin@gmail.com . If I get a handful of submissions or more I would be happy to show them on my blog with your permission. Enjoy!</div>
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<br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-4635129231740748632013-07-22T12:08:00.001-07:002013-07-22T12:08:15.414-07:00Still Doing Digital Illustration and Loving it!About a month ago I finished off my first digitally illustrated book and now I'm headed into a new series of three books that are also planned to be done digitally! I have a feeling once I get enough samples to show clients the possibilities, not many will want traditional mediums. That works out great as I will still be able to have fun doing oil and watercolor paintings for my landscapes while using digital for my books and Vermoosin' stuff.<br />
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I've already posted some samples from the first book, " Brave Roger Little Mumps and Me" but here they are again finished.<br />
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And heres a series of samples from my new book. These are just rough as we are wrapping up the character design stage. The final art will be more carefully crafted. I've heard and seen that children's book are headed in the digital direction. In fact some people are saying that there won't be many traditional illustrators left as publishers will head more in the direction of having art that moves and that can be interacted with. So it's time for me to stop being stubborn and either ge ton board or be left behind. The good thing is that I'm loving digital so far so it's been a fun ride.</div>
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<br />Matthew Gauvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556651899036708775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726171474731733309.post-68821823498315609402013-06-04T05:35:00.000-07:002013-06-04T05:36:39.862-07:00Frogzilla Digital Illustration FinalAfter a lot of reading and a few tutorials and some road blocks i finally have my first ever full page digital illustration about 95% done!!! It took about twenty hours but most of that was just the learning curve and trying to be extra careful so I wouldn't accidentally lose lots of progress. I'm REALLY loving how quick and simple it is to make changes to color and or value. I'm hoping having digital under my belt will make my art more appealing to publishers as i plan to begin a more vigorous marketing campaign.<br />
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I've come a loooong way since my very first digital sketch five years ago.</div>
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