Monday, January 01, 2007

Back To Blogging!



Happy New Year! Things have settled back down, and I'm glad to get back into the blog ring. This is a Christmas gift I made for two of my younger cousins. They both like this particular story, which originally has no illustrations. I illustrated it for them, featuring 10 different animals holding each other up on pieces of string. Medium is watercolour (the string itself is real). The book is bound so that it can fold out, revealing the whole chain. My cousins really liked it, which made me happy!

32 Comments:

Blogger XaviC said...

Great gift!! Thanks for your comment. I like your work too, very funny and well done!?
I'll be back to see more of your work!

And happy new year!!

7:48 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hey Marco!

This is a fantastic way to start the new year off! Wonderful animal designs and cant wait to see what you come up with in the new year

9:13 PM  
Blogger Matt Ferguson said...

What a great idea for a present. Supper funny animal drawings too.

9:24 PM  
Blogger lael henderson said...

Great animals! I love the character in all of them. Also, nice work with the traditional paint...that's so fun huh! Keep up the great work

11:02 PM  
Blogger Àlex López said...

You've got amazing works here!

Thanks for your visit to my blog.

I'll be back!

2:43 AM  
Blogger Todd Harris said...

what a great gift giver you are. this is awesome. again nice work with the watercolors. have a great new year marco.

8:50 AM  
Blogger Tim Bye said...

It's great to see watercolour done well! Fantastic characters too!

11:50 AM  
Blogger SEILER said...

Wow man, that's really cool, great work, love your watercolor painting!

12:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Thats a really good idea, i made my friend chrismas gift also. Nothing is better than gifts you make yourself, plus no one can have the same thing they have which makes it even better.

12:14 PM  
Blogger Anders said...

waow Marco great great gift!!!
the animals look so cool and well done!!
and happy new year!

12:58 PM  
Blogger Kevin Keele said...

These are awesome! Nice watercolors.

2:25 PM  
Blogger Ryan Wood said...

Fun designs, I like the way you put 'em together. Happy New Year, Marco!

3:07 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Wow! That is an awesome gift - lucky kids :)
Really love all the animal designs - excellent stuff.

3:48 PM  
Blogger sarah said...

What an awesome gift. Very cool sketches too! You have lucky cousins :)

8:55 PM  
Blogger Montse Martín said...

Your animals are really cool!!!! Love your blog!
HAppy new year!

7:21 AM  
Blogger Ben Reynolds said...

What a cool gift..and fantastic illustrations!! Very nice.

10:33 AM  
Blogger mike said...

this is so cool, marco! those aminals are so cute and the watercolors are excellent!

happy new year!

10:55 AM  
Blogger Sebastien Gallego said...

Great animals Marco!
Happy new year!

12:47 PM  
Blogger Dave Dick said...

Happy New Year!

Yeah that's a thoughtful gift - beautiful designs, too :D

7:17 AM  
Blogger Shuku said...

Marco! Happy new year! That's a -fantastic- present, no wonder your cousins loved it. I do too! That so, so so rocks. Looking forward to see lots more of your work this year. :)

--Shuku

9:57 AM  
Blogger Andrew Chan said...

it's nice of u to draw something for them =)

11:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey there - good morning . Marco - this is by far some of the best stuff posted here .The style is really cool and very illustrative .Each of these is really well done and shows the fun you had designing them .My favorite is the cow ...and the elephant...and the dog .Great fun altogether .They must have loved this .

12:10 PM  
Blogger andrew said...

very cool...excellent illustrations, the watercolours look so nice

10:49 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

great work. i really like the idea. and the animals are fantastic!

11:28 AM  
Blogger Phillip Boutte Jr. said...

Sweet! Happy new year man. Cant wait to see what you put out this year.

1:42 PM  
Blogger Adrian Lubbers said...

Oh My God. Just when I think you can't outdo yourself you fire up another winner. These are AMAZING Marco. Way to start out my new year!Thanks!!!

4:31 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Nice illustrations. I like, i will return.

5:11 AM  
Blogger jesukiran said...

great works,.. all are cute n excellent

8:56 AM  
Blogger Tony C. said...

This is such a cool concept. How did you get these printed on the long, fold out paper? An plans for a series of these?

11:45 AM  
Blogger Andrew Glazebrook said...

Thay are all so cool !! I like gifts like this with a personal touch !

11:05 AM  
Blogger LDahl said...

What a great idea! I think kids and adults alike would be charmed with a book like this!

9:38 AM  
Blogger max said...

This is so nice. Fun drawings, great colours and a piece of string, what more should one cousin want.

5:38 AM  

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