Thursday, May 18, 2006

3 little Pigs


A recent piece I did for MacMillian/McGraw-Hill. I love drawing "cut outs" of buildings so you can see the interior. I am very influenced by Richard Scarry's Busy Busy Town, one of my favorite books as a child.

14 comments:

Unknown said...

This is wonderful!! Love the color and the characters are simply charming and FUN!

roz said...

One of my favorite books as well and later cartoon on tv. Wish they still played those so my kiddos could watch it.
=O)
Adorable piece.

Donna Farrell said...

love it!

Susan Mitchell said...

I love this too-brings me back to being a kid, I used to imagine myself inside little houses like that. Lovely illustration!

Anonymous said...

So cute. You are very talented.

Anonymous said...

That is rrrreally goood! And ya know what else? I loved Richard Scarry's books, too, but yours are soooo much better! They have so much more zing and heartfeltness to them and If you put out books like he did, I'd had a whole collection of yours!

Anonymous said...

This looks great, Jannie! I've never done a cut-away before myself and it DOES look like fun!

Jannie aka Chickengirl said...

Thanks, everyone!

Shawn-I am very flattered! Thank you!

Ellen said...

This is fantastic art!

SteveB said...

Wow! I love your style: the shape of YOUR tree is beautiful too ;-) You put exactly the kind of texture on it I try to do myself :-D Bravo!

Anette Heiberg said...

This looks great Jannie! I love the "cut out" - and I really love the wolf character!

Anette V. Heiberg
www.wynlen.no

ivaylo said...

wow! your stuff is soo funny!!!
love the girl-pig touch ;)
really enjoyed your website too!

Dee said...

This is soo great! I love the colors and the idea of a cut out. Yeah, Scarey was one of my favorites too! Good stuff!

Anonymous said...

that's one of my favorite books too! he has awesome illustrations. love yours too, so creative.