A Small Cat eBook

I had a great deal of fun putting together A Small Cat, and am very happy to say that it's now available in eBook format.

Download a copy (for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch).

It's also available as a PDF.

(Both eBooks, June the Giraffe and A Small Cat, are also located on the Books page.)

Mouse

This mouse dates back to the A Small Cat series (I thought about adding a mouse to each page, but it never really worked out). This little guy isn't completely baked, but he's still pretty cute:

Language of Flowers: Foible

Last week I published an image of what Hiatus would look like if it was a flower. This is what I would expect a foible-flower to look like:

A foible, of course, is a quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; unusual habit or way.

And because this is a blog about learning to use Photoshop... This image was made vastly easier to construct with the tablet -- it is going to be very useful.

Language of Flowers: Hiatus

Some words sound exactly like what they describe -- sparkle for instance. Others are a sad mismatch -- whoever thought of calling a rather attractive flower a peony? It sounds like a disease.

I was noticing the other day that some words, that have nothing to do with flowers, would actually be quite good names for a flower. With that in mind, here's the first of a series -- Hiatus:

Part of the word's meaning, of course, is worked into the flower itself. Hiatus is a missing part, gap or lacuna.

And since this is a blog about learning Photoshop... I added the texture on the petals and center with a stylus instead of a mouse. I still have a lot to learn, but this was an interesting effect.

June the Giraffe eBook

Awhile ago, I posted images for a children's story about June the Giraffe. In the story, June, a small toy giraffe, learns how to walk.

The story is now available in EPUB format, which means that it can be read on an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.

Download June the Giraffe.

Update: A PDF version is also available.

Drawing

I was given a drawing tablet for Christmas. It's really fun.

Still getting the hang of the interface, but here's a simple flower blowing in the wind:

Christmas Images

A Santa Claus for the holiday season:

(Santa is the first humanoid figure I've created in Photoshop; it turned out better than I expected.)

And a bonus — a simple Christmas tree with a cat (because what Christmas tree is complete without a cat beneath it? :-) )

Happy Holidays all!

Hiatus

In case you missed it... I mentioned briefly in my last post that I would be on a short hiatus from this blog over the holidays and while I get my newest project up and running.

Hope you all have a very happy holiday and I look forward to being back in the new year!

What I'm (Still) Working On...

I've got a little further with the flowers, but nowhere near done:

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I find myself distracted by my new blog (which I'm very excited about) and general holiday craziness.

As so much is going on, my plan is that posting on this blog will slow down until January and then pick up again.

And when that happens, hopefully this image will be complete. :-)

What I'm Working On...

I've been working on some flowers for a larger design:

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At the rate these went, I hope to be finished in 3 or 4 years :-).