I drew a line art version of Dan and I for our wedding booklet profiles. Here we are in glorious color!
Doodles
New Story in the Works
It’s been some time since I’ve worked on a children’s book idea, so today my goal is to draft a story for this proper gentleman:
He was a character I created for another writer’s manuscript in my children’s book publishing course, and I really enjoyed drawing him. It’s likely he’ll evolve a great deal over the drafting and revision processes, but I’m looking forward to writing a story around a character. Should be fun!
Here are a few more images of him from the dummy children’s book I created:
With a face like that, wacky hijinks are sure to ensue.
Sneaky Peek of Our Super Awesome Wedding Activity Book
Unless you attended our wedding (hey there immediate family and close friends), you probably haven’t seen this yet. Dan and I co-created a wedding activity book as a gift for our guests, because we enjoy taking on ridiculously complicated projects within short periods of time. Also, what better way to put my master’s in book publishing to use than to design a book?
Eventually I’ll put up all 24 pages of fun and excellence, but for now you just get to see the cover (which depicts Dan with a burrito and I with a book while riding a giant turquoise HamHam, as you do). However, we have a bunch of printed copies that we’re sending out to all of the lovely folks who sent us a wedding gift, so if you donate to our honeymoon fund and email me your mailing address (schnatze at gmail dot com), you will get a copy of your own!
Did I mention the activity book includes poop emojis? Yeah, we went there.
Jazz Guy
The project manager of the upcoming Ooligan Press jazz book requested that I draw a jazz guy. So I drew a jazz guy.
Next week I will post the cover I designed for the book. It is pretty cool. *snaps*
Cat Dad
If you’ve seen my single page comics, you know I’m really into the idea of a cat who is also a dad (or a dad who is also a cat). Maybe he’ll make it into more comics or a children’s book at some point.
I threw some color on him, just because. Lookin’ good, Cat Dad.
King of the Hamsters
A quick sketch from last summer. My pet hamster is a little poop, but we treat him like royalty. His only redeeming quality is his supreme cuteness.
Easter Egg Hunt
A quick little drawing I did based on an old family photo of me:
Materials: Micron pens and Prismacolor Markers on cardboard
Cute animals with ereaders
The digital department manager at Ooligan Press is the reason I’ve drawn many cute animals over the past year. She’s the reason my silly animal drawings are all over the Ooligan Press website, so when she requested some kitchy animals for her instructional ebook guide, I was happy to oblige. Without further ado, may I present cute animals with ereaders!
Happy Groundhog’s Day!
These groundhogs are proper gents. I remember Groundhog’s Day being a much bigger deal when I was little, but I also grew up in and around Pennsylvania, so it might be more popular around there?
Erika Schnatz 