Three Illustrators Shooting the Breeze

Sure, I'll dive in.

Um, yeah, it's been a little while since we've been able to actually chat because we've been doing all these interviews with...

I mean, we have had some of the most amazing illustrators on here, but it's actually nice to be on here with you guys again.

Um, there's a weird kind of pressure when we're doing these interviews with Caldecott winners and famous people.

Um, yeah, so it's been a while since we've been able to chat with you guys.

I have been doing two different things.

I've been...

Well, three different things.

I've been painting an absolute ton.

Um, so that's always sort of my, been my constant over the past two years.

Just a lot of experimentation and a lot of painting.

Um, and that continues right now.

And then I've been, my classes start up in about a month, a little over a month, at the University of Colorado, and so I'm building those syllabi, which I'll talk about in a little bit.

Um, and, uh, and then I'm d- I'm actually doing some pro illustration stuff my, I announced finally and formally with my agent on social media and stuff.

We hadn't done that yet.

So I am with Laurie Kilkelly at LK Literary, for those of you guys who don't, um, know.

I guess only my, only you guys know actually, 'cause I haven't been able to say it.

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Yeah.

So it's nice to formally announce that.

It took a long time.

We got a portfolio done on her site and it was a long onboarding.

But she, and I, and she sent out the, uh, announcement to the publishing world, basically all her contacts in the publishing world.

So it's kind of fun to dive back into children's books, and now we're making a very formal push to writing, being author/illustrator, which I've wanted to do forever and just never been able to, to do.

So that's, uh, the children's book side of stuff.