IF: FAIL

UGH! - © 2007 Diana Ting Delosh

The Illustration Friday - word of the week is: Fail

To FAIL, To be a failure - to be a Loser, to be a Reject, etc. Introducing Fern Messy, a character from a picture book proposal I'm currently shopping around. She epitomizes how I feel when one of my proposals is rejected. Even though I know not to take it personally - my gut reaction is to feel like I've failed.

Awhile back I had asked my mentor and friend, the great children's book illustrator and author, Robert Quackenbush if he had any advice on dealing with rejection/failure. He shared his 2 favorite mottos ( borrowed from Winston Churchill):

"Always pass from failure to failure with enthusiasm."

"Never give up! Never give up! No, never, never, never give up!"

My Illustration Promo Postcard

Here it is - my promo postcard design - well the front anyway. I know the usual wisdom is to use your best already created image but I got this great idea. Originally
I was going to have Skunk say "On the internet, we can pass as people!" It tickled my funnybone. But common sense prevailed. It is after all supposed to be my postcard to launch my illustration Website. And it was getting way too type heavy and cluttered. So now Skunk is just shouting dianadelosh.com - in big letters. It works better design wise too, I think.

The back will just have my return address and will feature a small ink/line drawing of a girl chalk doodling on the pavement. Yup - I do draw people - animal and nature is just a specialty.

Yay! My Website is UP

Smokey Joe © Diana Ting Delosh

YAY! After much hemming and hawing my illustration website is finally up and running. I'm still building it, adding text, moving art, and so much tweaking but there's definitely enough to look at. Please visit my website at http://dianadelosh.com and let me know what you think. Definitely give a holler if you notice any glaring typos. It would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for looking.

IF -Garden

Mother Hare & Fern - © 2006 Diana Ting Delosh
Ink & Watercolor

Mother Hare and Fern are having fun painting in the garden.