Kids! – Page 2 – Casey Girard Illustration

Black and White

It’s long overdue that I added some black and white art to my portfolio. I have been trying to get to a couple of black and white follow up pieces to my cover of The Dark is Rising from the NESCBWI Poster Showcase, since May. Any repeat viewers notice a change to my cover? IContinue reading “Black and White”

Kids get the Spot

I managed to finish this up last night just before I turned into a pumpkin. Well not a pumpkin but a feverish-swollen-throated lump. I was hoping today would be super productive since plans were at a minimum however, I have had to rest and stay in bed all day. At least my sketchbook and computerContinue reading “Kids get the Spot”

Drawn again and again and again

Sometimes you have to draw something again. Kelly Light has recently blogged about this in a super humorous way. Her point is very true statement. I just went through a number of bad drawings and I’m still not sure I have achieved a final I love. If you remember my first idea didn’t work, theContinue reading “Drawn again and again and again”

Boys Being Silly

I am working on a new promo piece. I finished the final image for the front and I started a sketch for the back of the card. The back of the card unfortunately really doesn’t match the front or story. But, why else have a blog! To show the failures that are still fun. AndContinue reading “Boys Being Silly”

Three Boys Exploring

Well today was beyond a level of heat that I could work in so I haven’t gotten more done on my kids image. I can show work in progress. This isn’t the current stage of this piece, it is one of the first stages of how I illustrate: I am pretty disappointed that I didn’tContinue reading “Three Boys Exploring”

The Three Boys

I’m pretty sure I made a decision and said it on my blog that I was going to start drawing kids for Wednesday instead of animals. Here we go! These are three characters for the dummy I am working on. Them in a group and then facial studies of each of them. Making faces atContinue reading “The Three Boys”