Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Moon Dancing Bunnies win Design of the Day!
Turned on the computer this morning to the lovely news that my latest design, Mid Autumn Moon Festival Dancing Bunnies card was awarded the Design of the Day by Greeting Card Universe. YAY! I think I'll do a hoppy dance myself. Thanks GCU!
For this design, I have a group of rabbits doing a hoppy dance under a very full autumnal moon. The moon is a pale yellow to balance against the pale to medium browns of the hares. The art is created with ink, watercolor and Photoshop. I don't know if real rabbits dance in the moonlight but I do see more of them on moon lit nights.
The Harvest Moon Festival is a Chinese holiday celebrated on the fullest moon of the year in September or October. Sometimes the moon even has a golden autumn glow to it. Rabbits in Chinese mythology are associated with the moon. Sometimes the hare is is said to be living on the moon under a tree, where he must make medicine for the princess that also lives on the moon. Sometimes he is shown pounding medicine with his mortar and pestle. In other stories the hare lives on the earth and gazes up at the moon where the princess lives. It is celebrated today by eating moon cakes and visiting family.
FYI - the Autumn Moon Festival or just Harvest Moon festival is celebrated this year on September 30th on the full moon of course. If you want to see the inside of the card or to purchase please just click on the card image. If you want to see my other card designs go to gcuniverse.com/DianasCards
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Children's Literary Salon in Retrospect: Illustration on June 2, 2012 | The New York Public Library
Earlier this summer I and my fellow CBIG officers were panelists at the New York Public Library, speaking about what we love: illustration and the Childrens' Book Illustrators Group. Read all about it in this nifty article!
Children's Literary Salon in Retrospect: Illustration on June 2, 2012 | The New York Public Library
Children's Literary Salon in Retrospect: Illustration on June 2, 2012 | The New York Public Library
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
A Ghost of a Wedding Cake
A Ghost of a Wedding Cake © Diana Ting Delosh Black Medium Point Bic® Pen |
Something about Dickens made me think of doing a black and white illo. Originally I thought of using my trusty double zero rapidiograph pen to ink and brush on a wash but then I thought how well a ball point pen could do whisper thin lines -great for cobwebs. That clinched it. I decided to use a Black Medium Point Bic® Pen as my medium. I frequently use ball point pens to sketch with as they're just so handy and flexible. Depending on your pressure and the tooth of the paper you can get a variety of strokes from barely there to bold black. However using this as my medium on a Finished piece of art required me to shift my perspective on this everyday tool. I mean was it really OK? Sure it was fine for impromptu sketches but serious, planned, finished art? Sure, I mean why not? What do you think?
The above illo is in the CBIG Illustration Exhibit, A Celebration of Dickens in Pictures at the Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery. The show will run from August 25th to October 31st, 2012. The artists reception will be on September 13th. For a complete schedule of events for this show please visit cbig-nycexhibits.blogspot.com/ .
If you can't make it to the show my fellow exhibitors and I will also be posting the art over on cbig-nyc.blogspot.com during the run of the show.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
IF: BOUNCE!
Dancing Bunnies ink and watercolor © Diana Ting Delosh |
They stand on their toes and twirl, twirl, twirl.
And If they fall they Bounce right back.
Here's my entry for the illustrationfriday.com weekly illo prompt.
Here's to bouncing back from all the missteps and mishaps that life throws at us.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
PumpkinEater Promo Postcard
July2012 Postcard front & Back Art on Front is © Diana Ting Delosh Art on Back is from An Armful of Acorns © Farfaria NOTE: I've smudged out some info out of privacy concerns |
I had these printed via VistaPrint.com and as they were running a sale - even printing in color on both sides did not bust my budget. I must say I'm really pleased with how bright and vivid the colors are. Now postage of course is the 1st class rate so that did tack a bit more to the price. Is it worth it? I hope so, however as I just mailed these out it's too early to say. I am keeping my fingers crossed that they get noticed and pinned to that coveted bulletin board. I can even dream that they lead to an actual assignment.
Any other news? Well lots but unfortunately it's all still hush hush.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Mr & Mrs. Pumpkineater
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Pumpkineater, © Diana Ting Delosh, Ink & Watercolor |
had a wife and couldn't keep her.
He put her in a pumpkin shell
and there he kept her very well.
Tah Dah! Here's the finished painting for Mr. & Mrs. Pumpkineater. Please view the previous post if you'd like to see the Work-In-Progress steps.
This painting will be part of a CBIG Mother Goose Exhibit, Dec 2012 - Jan 2013. Where all the original art will be for sale. Which sounds lovely except as I was watercoloring, I realized this meant I had to be extra careful as I didn't have Photoshop to fall back on to clean up any slips or drips. While the "hand of the artist" and slight human imperfections are fine - This would be it. What you see is what you get...But matted and framed of course.
I will still clean up the original art file in PS so I can make this image available as giclée art prints, cards and possibly other products. It's a bit horrifying what imperfections appear when you blow up the 600 dpi scan to 200 percent. Splotches and stray marks appear that aren't seen by the naked eye on the original but somehow are there on the file and need to be cleaned up while leaving the human brushstrokes and quirky line and marks that gives it the charm of hand drawn and painted art.
In case you were wondering - the original physical art may be sold etc. BUT the COPYRIGHT still remains the property of the CREATOR unless it is specifically and formally transferred or licensed or sold.
Details about the CBIG Mother Goose show will be posted closer to the show date.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
W-I-P: Mr & Mrs. P. Pumpkin Eater
It's been awhile since I last posted on this blog. I've been busy with commissioned illustrations this spring (YAY!) but of course that means I can't blog about it - yet (Sigh). However I can share the Work-in-Progress of some personal work. I'm working on a series of Mother Goose images for an upcoming CBIG Group show.
Yup - I'm depicting Peter and wife as mice. What else eats pumpkins and can live very well in one? I know: chipmunks, snails, perhaps a small bird or even a toad, etc. but this is my illo so I'm doing Mice. Next question - to dress or not dress the mice? Well if they can get married and set-up house in a pumpkin shell they can wear clothes.
... And the finished watercolored version will be coming soon.
Sketch for the 1st illo - for the Mother Goose nursery rhyme: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater.
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Here's the ink for Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater. |
... And the finished watercolored version will be coming soon.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Spring Cleaning - Website
Been busy spiffing up my DianaDelosh.com website. Added BOOKS, FOOD and TYPE to my Portfolio sections. As well as put the links to my online shops at the top of each page. Still deciding if I should have a FAQ page. Hoping these changes make my illustration website more user friendly. Please take a gander at my New and Improved site.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Hoppy Bunny Day!
Bunny Dance Hoppy Easter © Diana Ting Delosh Ink & Watercolor cards: www.gcuniverse.com/dianascards prints: wingedrabbit.imagekind.com gifts: www.zazzle.com/deloshdesigns* |
Monday, March 26, 2012
Garden Fresh Grilled Cheese- TDAC/KRAFT illustrated Recipe contest
Garden Fresh Grilled Cheese - TDAC Kraft Contest entry © Diana Ting Delosh Ink, watercolor and photoshop |
I've been eyeing theydrawandcook.com for about a year now, drooling over the gorgeous ingenious recipe illustrations and telling myself one day I'll do one. When along came the Kraft recipe contest. Which meant I didn't have to come up with a recipe to illustrate - I just had to illustrate 1 of the recipes from the Kraft collection. After all while I'll admit I cook, I'd much rather draw.
I had a lot of fun creating my entry for the TDAC KRAFT Contest. Coming up with the story behind the layout: Bunny Dreams of Garden Fresh Grilled Cheese. Drawing the ingredients and having fun with the hand lettered title. Even putting together all the ink & watercolored elements in Photoshop. I wanted my illo, including the type to be light hearted and springy.
Creating this illo reminded me that I used to do B&W spot art for Food & Wine and Cuisine Magazines. I'd love to get a freelance project illustrating food or doing some organic hand lettering. Food for thought as to new applications for my style.
Keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be one of the 6 winners but I'm not holding my breath. There are 175 illustrated recipe entries. Just take a gander at the mouth watering competition at kraftcontest.
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