SaraMcKinley.net Forum

First Fanart on the site

saramckinley — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:03:02 +0000

I recently uploaded a fanart illustration to the site that was a gift for my brother’s high school graduation. The character depicted is Rikku from the Final Fantasy X-2 game (copyrighted by Square Enix). I’ve personally never played the FF games but they are very pretty. I try to stay away from posting any fanart usually, but I like this one enough that I’m open to doing more in the future. I’m also rather pleased with the background.. ^^;;

Check out the illustration on my art page.

Children’s Books

saramckinley — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:32:49 +0000

Hello world! I may be undertaking a new project soon to illustrate a series of 30 children’s books. They will be very simple, short, educational books for young children, written by my very talented mother (who also happens to be a kindergarden teacher). If it all pans out, the project will be published by Wiley, the same company that published Pampering Your Pooch (for which I was credited as Illustrator).

Although neither project is in the same format or style I’m used to, it’s still illustration work, which I’m always excited about!

I thought I’d share a list of some of my favorite children’s book illustrators and some examples of their books. I’m dying to hear what illustrators you guys/gals like! I’m always on the look out for unique/interesting books and artists for inspiration…plus I’m a collector! Here’s a short list:

Patricia Reeder Eubank - The ABCs of Halloween

Brian Froud - The World of the Dark Crystal , The Goblins of Labyrinth

Tony Diterlizzi - Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide… (The Spiderwick Chronicles)

Gris Grimly - Boris and Bella, Edgar Allen Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness

K Y Craft - Sleeping Beauty

Leave a comment with any of your favorite illustrators or illustrated books and I’ll check them out!

Welcome!

saramckinley — Fri, 11 May 2007 23:35:32 +0000

Welcome to the *new* official forum of SaraMcKinley.net! Due to the overwhelming amount of spam at the old forum, I have decided to take wordpress.com for a spin and see what happens. There will be permanent categories to comment in on the right side of the forum, and any “new” topics to discuss will be posted here in the blog. News and updates about the site will remain on the main page, however.