tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49341801533083777322024-02-18T22:42:15.759-05:00Behind The Pencil...A blog about my love of illustration and crafts.Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-60588165779444829392018-07-05T11:16:00.000-04:002018-07-05T11:16:11.326-04:00SCBWI OrlandoI had a chance to attend the Orlando SCBWI conference, it was great. The homework we had was to illustrate a Mother Goose rhyme, I found Elsie Marley, it was about a lazy self focused farm girl that is not feeding her swine...<br />
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This is the sketch I submitted to the art director. Her comment was to concentrate on the fancy comment in the poem and make Elsie preening herself, I loved the suggestion and this is what I submitted:</div>
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I made the pigs lighter and fixed the room, by making it line up with the corner of the house and adding a window, I am happy with it. It really added to the poem.</div>
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This months <a href="https://www.facebook.com/susanmillerillustrator/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> header is all about bunnies. I was thinking of the holidays in March, St. Patricks is less fun than bunnies so I decided on this one. The girl and boy decided to pick some veggies from the garden and share with the bunnies.Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-66281466623889180372018-02-03T17:30:00.000-05:002018-02-03T17:30:18.580-05:00facebook headers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I decided I would give myself a challenge and create a new header for both my website, <a href="http://susanmillerillustrator.com/">SusanMillerIllustrator.com</a> and my Facebook page. This is my first one, I created this on the iPad Pro with my pencil. I never had a cintiq and I am thinking working like this is the closest I have gotten to it. I love being able to make changes, change out backgrounds etc. So, happy February.Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-9032517701664569602017-11-20T12:41:00.000-05:002017-11-20T12:41:18.295-05:00JingleBulbs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It always amazes me how fast the holiday season arrives. I decided to do a JingleBulb of the week segment to my blog. This teachers ornament was inspired by all the great teachers I have had in my life. I found a great glitter technique that enabled me to get the glitter inside the ornament, its very pretty and sparkly. My 2017 collection can be seen at <a href="http://jinglebulbs.com/">JingleBulbs.com</a></div>
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<br />Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-11105421446221883572017-08-11T18:39:00.000-04:002017-08-11T18:39:04.519-04:00Christmas in August<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been having a good time making <a href="http://jinglebulbs.com/" target="_blank">JingleBulbs</a> and at the same time learning more about illustrating children's books by watching <a href="https://www.svslearn.com/" target="_blank">SVSLearn</a> on my iPad. For the last couple of years I was making the ornaments in September, but this year I started early and it has been really fun. I plan to have them online in mid September.Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-19270512881113775322017-06-22T15:16:00.000-04:002017-06-22T15:16:18.143-04:00The witches forest<br />
I have been illustrating a lot on my iPad, and watching online classes from <a href="http://svslearn.com/" target="_blank">SVS Learn</a>. This is the sketch I did with the pencil on the iPad. I enjoy working this way because its so mobile, I worked on it on the couch in the studio and even when I volunteered at our museum. The prompt was to illustrate telling a story and including a tree house.<br />
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Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-66830574052814317302017-04-27T17:34:00.002-04:002017-04-27T17:34:51.553-04:00More fun with my iPad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The prompt is Teeth, it is an illustration for a wonderful blog called <a href="http://thedustofeverydaylife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://thedustofeverydaylife.blogspot.com</a></div>
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What I enjoy about Procreate is the fact that it records when I am creating art. I love seeing the videos from other artists, one of my favorites and inspiration is an illustrator Deb Johnson, her website is<br />
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This Christmas Mark bought me an iPad Pro and the pencil.</div>
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I have been having fun creating art on it. The one on the top is the first one I did.</div>
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The second one is my exploration of the brushes and shadows. The thing I like the best is the fact that I can be working on this when I am sitting on the couch, or in the studio.</div>
<br />Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-30022795273611198252017-03-08T18:48:00.000-05:002017-03-08T18:48:42.521-05:00More painted glasses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am a member of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MoArtDeLand" target="_blank">Museum of Art guild</a> here in Deland Florida. For their silent auction I donated the table I painted and these wine glasses. I was trying to figure out what to put the glasses in and then I looked through my pantry and found this wine bag from Publix, the price was right, FREE.<br />
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The advantage of being an artist with the studio, is that I have many things I could use to decorate the bag. Beads paint and a glue gun were all I needed.<br />
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I love painting furniture. This is a table I got from the Hitchcock Chair Co, years ago, it was waiting for a vision.</div>
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Then of course I looked around on Pintrest, a decorative artists best friend, and I came up with this design.</div>
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<br />Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-52002804520508905362017-02-16T18:59:00.000-05:002017-02-16T18:59:13.160-05:00Fairy Door<a href="http://verobeach.com/">VeroBeach.com</a> is in downtown Vero Beach Florida. The merchants downtown are asked to participate in Enchanted Doors. Each business will make a door based on their businesses, since my sister and her husband own VeroBeach.com, she asked me to create a fairy door. I am looking forward to see what the other businesses create.<br />
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My sister and I had a fun time hunting for things to use, we visited Michaels and Hobby Lobby. We were having a hard time finding the door and then found this one at the last minute, it was perfect.<br />
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Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-81033902701384336662017-01-20T17:30:00.000-05:002017-01-20T17:30:27.682-05:00My new iPad pro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Christmas I got my iPad Pro, and pencil, I love it!!</div>
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I also purchased the app called Procreate, which is like Photoshop, which I finally know how to use.</div>
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The black line was done with a brush marker, and all the color was done in Procreate, I did all the color sitting on my couch, this is the best part, I think the advantage is that I don't feel stress while painting, that is what I love so much about digital, if I make a mistake, I always do, I can delete, I lived through the days of having to paint it over, thats hard. I also love the fact that Procreate has a gouache type brush, which I love.<br />
But the best part is the pencil, it really is like painting and drawing with a pencil. Very direct.<br />
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I created these 2 pieces for <a href="https://www.highlights.com/store/highlights-magazines-for-kids/high-five-magazine" target="_blank">Highlights High Five magazine</a>, the spanish version. The kids find the differences between the two illustrations, its called look and look again. Gracias, maestro was one of the first pieces colored digitally.Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-36271504770821246942016-08-27T12:29:00.001-04:002016-08-27T12:29:33.512-04:00Wine Glasses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of years ago I saw some wine glasses in St.Augstine that had boobs on them. I thought the idea was pretty funny. So, I gave it a go. I made a set for my sister in law and her friend ended up ordering some. This is her set. My favorite is the navy blue one because the white really pops.</div>
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The very talented artist <a href="http://www.junegoulding.co.uk/" target="_blank">June Goulding</a> noticed my bike did not have a chain, little things that I need to pay more attention to. So now she can ride her bike.Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-21741178944860888302016-07-24T18:51:00.000-04:002016-07-24T18:51:12.610-04:00My first coloring book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had the chance to work on my first coloring book for <a href="http://verobeach.com/">VeroBeach.com</a>. This was the first time in a long time that I worked in colored pencils and I really enjoyed it. I loved the control and the layering, I plan to do a lot more work this way. This was a great chance to start.Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-72219015296043793772016-06-02T10:06:00.000-04:002016-06-02T10:06:25.784-04:00Outerspace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the first illustration of outer space that I have ever done.I created the original in Photoshop and then tweaked the colors and textures in Photoshop. This art was done for the<a href="http://highlights.com/" target="_blank"> Highlights company</a>.</div>
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I have been working on a coloring book of designs based on my <a href="http://jinglebulbs.com/" target="_blank">JingleBulb</a> business.</div>
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I thought i would sit down with my colored pencils, I really enjoyed the process and gave me a better idea of creating my coloring book.</div>
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I found this idea on Pinterest, and it was so much nicer having all the pencils organized and available.Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-82657811509359987142016-03-27T17:32:00.001-04:002016-03-27T17:38:35.710-04:00My new StudioWe finally moved into our new house and I have the studio almost done. I still have to hang up the ornaments that I make, but aside from that everything has a place.<br />
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We bought 2 ikea tables and put them together to give me a place to draw and also a place to craft. </div>
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When my daughter came over she could be on one side and I could be on the other, it works out really well.</div>
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I am lucky that the closet is large, it holds a lot of my art supplies and when I don't want to look at it I can close the doors. The cubes are from Michaels , they hold a lot and they are easy to put together.</div>
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I found this table at a consignment store, I painted the bottom black with chalk paint and added some nice knobs from Hobby Lobby. This set up works well for me, I have my printers and scanners near by.</div>
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We bought this book shelf years ago, it managed to survive the move. Once again those cubes really work out so great. I was going to put up cabinets but it really closed in the room, so I need something else to hold even more things that I can't get rid of.</div>
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On the side are 2 pieces of art created by an artist I admire, <a href="http://www.judithmoffatt.com/" target="_blank">Judith Moffatt.</a></div>
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The first piece of art my friend <a href="http://www.katieatkinsonillustrator.com/" target="_blank">Katie Atkinson</a> gave me when we left Ct. This painting was used in a greeting card for the company Good Cause. My friend Jeannine Audette had the studio wall art made for me by an artist that I love, Normas Francini, and the the squares were done for me by my coworkers at Weekly Reader, it was a tradition to make one of these when an illustrator would leave, I treasure mine.</div>
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I am very happy to have the studio all set up and am grateful that everything has its place. The two windows look outside to a pretty country road, where there are plenty of birds chirping.</div>
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Hmmm what to do, Liz works for Victoria Secret and has wonderful ugly sweater parties. So the fun began. And this is what I came up with....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And then inspired by last years party I found little lights that I fit in the victoria secret inspired bag.</div>
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Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-82270380638705666422015-10-06T14:19:00.000-04:002015-10-06T14:19:56.265-04:00My Hidden Pictures arrived today.. Look what I got in the mail today. I did several hidden pictures fo<a href="http://www.highlights.com/" target="_blank">r Highlights Magazine</a>, I really enjoy creating these drawings and appreciate the fact that they send the illustrators the printed copies.<br />
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Its always a challenge, the best advice that I was given was to create the illustration first and then find the hidden picture opportunities.</div>
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<br />Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-41302667559545079902015-08-30T11:22:00.000-04:002015-08-30T11:52:05.082-04:00My fun with digital color..<br />
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I was asked to do a coloring book page with my other <a href="http://picturebookartists.org/" target="_blank">PictureBookArtists </a>friends. The theme was outdoors, I love lakes so I did this.</div>
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When it was all done I decided to finally play around with the digital brushes that I bought from <a href="https://gumroad.com/l/HKgA" target="_blank">Kyle Webster.</a> It was very fun and I loved playing with all the textures, my next challenge will be creating the art without the line.</div>
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<br />Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-67467887656257961242015-06-26T13:54:00.000-04:002015-06-26T13:54:12.670-04:00A book proposal in 30 days...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In June I attended the SCBWI conference here in Orlando Florida.</div>
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The project was to come up with a wordless, or limited word picture book, I had this idea for a while, </div>
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the challenge was to pull this together in 30 days. I got some worthwhile feedback from the editor Martha Rago, which I appreciated.</div>
Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-91212994956641203302015-04-06T15:11:00.000-04:002015-04-06T15:11:17.925-04:00Card making<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As of late I have gotten interested in card making. This is a card I made from papers I had in the studio. I made it for a friend that just had their first child.<div>
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I bought punches from Fiskars, I have to say my favorite card making supply is my Fiskars rotary cutter that folds up. I would love to eventually design my own papers to use in my card making.<br /><br /></div>
Susan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934180153308377732.post-44457104837593043942015-02-05T11:30:00.000-05:002015-02-05T11:30:00.599-05:00An Alligators Valentine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a promotional piece I had done for Valentines Day. After moving to Florida, Alligators have been more on my mind. Happy Valentines DaySusan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547716258556985359noreply@blogger.com0