Behind the scenes | Anthony Arvin Author

Behind the Scenes

Random photos of the people, places, and things that occupy the world of the author, including some photos taken during the creation of the illustrations for the book

A peek at the rarely-seen creative process!

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A peek into the illustrating process

Keeping track of all the crosshatching

Making things consistent

Moving on to the next feature

Starting to look realistic ...

Getting close to wrapping up the details.

Closeup

That's a wrap.

The pair

This one took a lot of hours

There are no grey lines...

Basics are in ... before contrasts and textures

Texture and Contrasts added

One of the few where I felt that I needed to draw detailed props

Closeup

The beginnings

Adding ink layers

Finished image

One of my favorite mixed media

Image and the source photo

The rolling ruler

Coming to life

It is finished

One of my most recent illustrations

Playing in the sand

Modern play

Playing with a leaf

What fascination a puddle can hold!

Mr Nickers

First carousel ride!

Puppy Love

Fishing

Some of my most ardent supporters in the publishing world!

Judith Briles, the Book Shepherd

Rebecca Finkle

Sierra Rakes, former intern with The Book Shepherd

Kelly Johnson, my VA (virtual assistant)

Bobby Crew

Melody Jones