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The good news is, I’ve been busy lately with actual paid work.  The bad news is, I’ve been neglecting my blog.  So here you go, blog.  Have a baby dinosaur.

Been playing with Corel Painter 11 lately.  This was done entirely with the built-in 2B pencil, trying to stay fast and loose and avoid getting too precious.

A game we invented for Emily’s birthstone-themed eighth birthday party!  I freehanded (ha!) the drawing onto 28″ x 22″ poster board, which was a bit of a struggle until I decided to stop using my own meaty man-hands as visual reference.

This week’s Anthdrawlogy topic was “weddings.”  A wise literary agent recently pointed out to me that wedding imagery isn’t necessarily the best choice for a children’s book portfolio, but I couldn’t resist attempting a kid theme for this one.  Also: am I too dinosaur obsessed?

In other news, I think my scanner is giving out.  Apologies for the banding.

Ah yes, it’s that time of year again.  The clouds are fluffy, the sun is shining, and the local rodentia are coveting the fruits of my meager gardening efforts.

Playing around with the new pencil brush in the CS6 beta.  I like the randomness and natural feel, but I think I’m not sold on the whole “erodible tip” concept.

This is a quick ten-minute drawing I did for Anthdrawlogy.  I also filmed the process (first time!) using an overly-elaborate camera rig I fashioned out of a boom mic stand.   The short version is a time-lapse, compressed to one minute.  The long version is at normal speed, with intermittent explainey bits that I mumbled as they occurred to me.

Anthdrawlogy – 10-Minute Challenge (short version) from Charles Eubanks on Vimeo.

Anthdrawlogy – 10-Minute Challenge (long version) from Charles Eubanks on Vimeo.

Very exciting announcement!  I just completed this cover for the middle-grade novel Evangeline Brown and the Cadillac Motel:

This book was previously published in print by Dutton Children’s Books (an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group).  The author, Michele Ivy Davis, managed to hold onto her digital rights, and is now in the process of re-launching it as an e-book.  AND, she’s live-blogging the entire experience!  You can keep up with the latest developments here.

I finally got around to creating a portfolio site.  It’s still quite plain, so I plan to spice it up a bit.  I’ll also be refining my portfolio on an ongoing basis.

http://www.charleseubanks.com

This is how Thaddeus likes to start his day: his wet nose in my face.  (Carolee’s not pictured here, because she’s already left for work.)