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| Golden Bunny Green © Diana Ting Delosh - Ink brush pen, watercolor & digital |
Wishing everyone a very
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Happy 1st Day of Spring!
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| Purple Crocus © Diana Ting Delosh - Ink Brush, watercolor |
Not sure why they made January 1st, mid winter, the beginning of the New Year. It seems so arbitrary. I think someone was bored and wanted an excuse for a party. The Vernal equinox seems a much more appropriate day for beginnings of any kind.
The first signs of spring always puts me in an optimistic mood. Makes me want to start new things or restart old projects, create and submit because all things feel possible.
Cheers to Spring and all your hopes and endeavors!
Website: dianadelosh.com
twitter: @dtdelosh
Monday, March 7, 2016
In Case you missed it...Groundhog Waltz, Illustration Process
Just in case you missed it, over at my D2PB Group Blog, I shared my illustration process behind my Groundhog Waltz illustration.
Please Click on the link to read all about it on Drawn To Picture Books: Groundhog Waltz, Illustration Process: Diana Ting ...: Here's a peek into my illustration process.
BTW: Notice the rough sketch behind my illustration implements? It's a very sneaky peek at a personal project currently on my drawing board. Sh-h-h-h.
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| My tools from L to R: mechanical pencil, 0.7mm HB black lead, kneaded eraser, Micron Brush Pen, Higgins Black India Ink, brush, 00 Rapidiograph pen, Black India Rapidiograph Ink Universal waterproof for paper &; film, assorted brushes, paint palette for mixing my colored inks. |
BTW: Notice the rough sketch behind my illustration implements? It's a very sneaky peek at a personal project currently on my drawing board. Sh-h-h-h.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Little Red Postcard Design
I'm aiming for 3 postcard mailings in 2016. Here's the first, featuring a detail from my Little Red illustration on the front and Groundhog Waltz on the back. These are large postcards, roughly 5.5" x 8.5" the better to show off the illustration detail and also hoping that it will help make my card stand out. I use VistaPrint.com to print my postcards.
As this is a mailing aimed at the kid lit world, I try and pick illustrations that show off my narrative skills. I use the market listings from the SCBWI's The Book as well as the names/companies I've amassed from my own research via networking, conferences, workshops, etc. My mailing list is under 200 contacts.
Lately I've heard a lot of advice to use a small targeted mailing list. True this could save you a bundle in printing and postage. While, I do make a point to target only those places that publish picture books/kid lit art, it's still a fairly large list comprised of my actual contacts, dream places as well as "sort of why not" possibilities. I have found that it's better not to make it a too narrow list. In the past I've gotten work from those sort of/why not send them something places. When you consider that it's only a 49¢ stamp plus 25¢ per postcard print expense - a total sum of 75¢ per card, it might be worth taking a few chances.
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| Front of Postcard -Detail from Little Red - © Diana Ting Delosh |
As this is a mailing aimed at the kid lit world, I try and pick illustrations that show off my narrative skills. I use the market listings from the SCBWI's The Book as well as the names/companies I've amassed from my own research via networking, conferences, workshops, etc. My mailing list is under 200 contacts.
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| Back of Postcard - Groundhog Waltz - © Diana Ting Delosh |
Lately I've heard a lot of advice to use a small targeted mailing list. True this could save you a bundle in printing and postage. While, I do make a point to target only those places that publish picture books/kid lit art, it's still a fairly large list comprised of my actual contacts, dream places as well as "sort of why not" possibilities. I have found that it's better not to make it a too narrow list. In the past I've gotten work from those sort of/why not send them something places. When you consider that it's only a 49¢ stamp plus 25¢ per postcard print expense - a total sum of 75¢ per card, it might be worth taking a few chances.
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