This week’s cover highlights Days of Change, a new social networking site launching on May 1st.
Individuals, schools and organisations are invited to join and make pledges: simple actions they can take to help create a more sustainable future.
Here’s the cover for Anzac Day- the Flame of Remembrance at Kings Park.
Fun topic this week- it’s not often I get to draw quokkas in these sorts of poses, because they’re usually squatting on the ground.
And as an extra special treat, here’s a video of how I put the cover together this week. Turn your speakers up.
A friend remarked that she was glad the quokkas were wearing eye protection. I suppose when the seagulls are right above their heads, that’s quite important.
The first cartoonist, about to meet the first art critic.
The annual Sculptures by the Sea exhibition is on now at Cottesloe Beach.
Art fans may recognise the sculptures: Michaelangelo’s David, Rodin’s The Thinker, the Venus de Milo, and Myron’s Discobolus.
The original draft for this cover had a pop culture reference that didn’t quite fit:
Here’s a late one, from last week- a detail of the Perth Ferris Wheel.
Those who follow the news in Perth will remember hearing about a doctor living here in Perth whose yellow lamborghini was impounded for 28 days under the ‘Hoon laws’. Problem was, he wasn’t driving it at the time it was caught speeding- his mechanic was. The doctor said he needed his car back for home visits.
For a laugh, the original sketch for this cover had ‘1DOC.123’ on the license plate, and the sign said ‘One previous owner’. Some friends suggested having a mechanic hiding in the background, perhaps running from some quokka policemen. Quokka covers steer away from politics, so those details didn’t make it to the final version… but I’m glad the lamborghini stayed ( it was fun to draw).
Whenever I put a license plate in I like to make it meaningful – the numbers often relate to the birthdays of family and friends. In this cover, the license plate 1LEA.603′ is for my friend Lea, who’s birthday is this weekend on the 6th of March. Happy Birthday!
So you think you know picture books?
Here’s your chance to prove it. The Children’s Book Council of Australia (WA Branch) has a great event coming up- the inaugural BooKwiz.
It’s a children’s book-based quiz in the style of Spicks and Specks. There’ll be local authors and illustrators on the panels, but you’ll get to join in too with your own team. Details below- the CBCA(WA) commissioned me to design the flyer…
James Foley 