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Diamond_Dog

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15. What a nice thing to say, Mousetoescamper!
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:15 PM
Feb 2025

No, I’ve never illustrated a children’s book, I am just drawing for fun and practice right now. I wouldn’t know the first thing about getting into book illustration, but I am so appreciative that you think my drawings are worthy of that.

Right now I’m trying out new things and putting together a portfolio of drawings. Don’t really know what I’ll do with them. Our county’s Art Guild often will display unknown local artists’ work, maybe I’ll start there.
Maybe that might lead to someone willing to pay for my drawings. If not, that’s OK too.

I grew up reading many of those same “I Can Read It All By Myself “ books, too! Reading was so enjoyable to me as a child and all throughout my life.

I remember as a child reading the “Little House on the Prarie “ books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and I loved the illustrations done by Garth Williams. Maybe those were in the back of my mind all these years.

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The Snow Blower [View all] Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 OP
That's wonderful! femmedem Feb 2025 #1
Thank you, femmedem! Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #3
Excellent. LoisB Feb 2025 #2
Thank you, LoisB! Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #4
Very nice. What medium is it? bif Feb 2025 #5
Thank you, bif! It's prismacolor pencil on gray paper. Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #6
That's what I use when I illustrate people BigmanPigman Feb 2025 #7
I started out in illustration and then switched to design, Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #8
I wasn't a Fine Artist but the BigmanPigman Feb 2025 #11
Well done Nigrum Cattus Feb 2025 #9
Thank you Nigrum Cattus Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #10
Very pretty Beringia Feb 2025 #12
Thank you Beringia Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #14
Have you ever illustrated a children's book? Mousetoescamper Feb 2025 #13
What a nice thing to say, Mousetoescamper! Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #15
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