As you can see from a complete lack of posts for months, we’ve all been pretty busy. While this is really good news for us, it also has a down side as you’ll see in this post. It’s led to some pretty odd working conditions. Sometimes deadlines and vacations and life clash. This is a post about how we work around that issue.
I recently agreed to take on a project while I was on vacation in my hometown of St. Louis. I ended up working in a variety of places, starting with sketching on the plane, sketching at my cousin’s before the other dinner guests arrived, then painting on a road trip, and later ordering postcards from Starbucks.
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| Backseat painting on a road trip |
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| Working on a postcard at Starbucks |
Recently, Renee was in Boston working on some black and white art for The Owls of Blossom Wood series (written by Catherine Coe, Scholastic UK). This photo was taken at a place called District Hall where she sometimes spends her days overhearing business-y conversations and drawing on her husband’s Cintiq Companion.
And since summer around Christina’s house inevitably means kids running around, she’s been known to take her work station outside! Not sure how much work she’s able to get done lately!
I think Tracy gets the grand prize for managing to work while on vacation. Here she is in line for a ride at Disneyland of all places!!!
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| Sketching for a project while in line at Disneyland!!!! |
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| More sketching at the Starbucks in Disneyland |
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| More sketching at the airport |
There you have it. The glamorous life of an illustrator. You’re jealous right now, admit it.
