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Friday, May 23, 2008

IF: WORRY

Sad Mouse
© Diana Ting Delosh. Ink line and watercolor.

Mouse worried. It was getting dark and her friend, Bird hadn't returned. Something must have happened. All she had was one of his feathers to comfort her.

This illustration is from my book dummy, MOUSE & BIRD.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

IF: SEED

MOUSE DREAMS
2008 © Diana Ting Delosh
ink line & watercolor

Mouse dreams of planting her sunflower seed.

More exploration with new style. I like the thick bolder line. Makes me think more graphically. Well - needless to say practice, practice, practice.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

IF: WRINKLES

Tortoise © Diana Ting Delosh

Wrinkles look good on tortoises. I don't like them on me - unless of course I could turn into a tortoise or walrus - nor do I like them when they turn up in my plans.

This is a style I am experimenting with. It's still ink line and watercolor but it's a fatter, simpler, looser line with lot's of washy color. A bit of a vacation from my usual more detailed style. Please let me know what you think.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Illustrator's Art Prints & Cards

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Artist's - Mother's Day Card Sales Promo!

Greeting Card Universe is offering Free Postage and Shipping for Mother's Day Cards. No minimum card purchase. Please use Promo Code: MOTHER08 at check out. Hurry - Offer ends April 30, 2008. Please click on my Diana's Cards Widget in the right side bar and choose from any of my 6* Mother's Day Cards.

Diana's Cards features my ink and watercolor, animal and floral illustrations for holidays and all occassions. These are real, high quality, PAPER GREETING CARDS! Please note that the inside text is fully editable. Pick your font, color, size, write your own message or even make into a blank note. To date, there are 159* card designs in my store. *New Cards are added weekly. Thanks for looking and shopping at: greetingcarduniverse.com/dianascards.com.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

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!"


Thursday, April 10, 2008

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.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

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.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

IF -Garden


Mother Hare & Fern - © 2006 Diana Ting Delosh
Ink & Watercolor
Mother Hare and Fern are having fun painting in the garden.