Archive for January, 2010

Illustration Friday: Focused

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Close up of a girl focused on fireflies in a jar. I invite you to visit the exhibit “Minnesota Made” at O’Shaughnessy Educational Center http://www.stthomas.edu/arthistory/exhibitions/ , runs until near the end of February. There you can view the whole of this piece, “Northern Lights” along with the works of many other talented artists from the Children’s Book Illustrator Guild. If you are not able to make the trip the complete image of “Northern Lights” can be found in my illustration gallery. http://www.linnelldesign.com/gallery/illustrations

Dance Lesson

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Sneak peek of a little horse having a dance lesson. He was created in Photoshop for a show this spring at the Open Book in Minneapolis. He will be the focus of a larger composition. I wanted to get a quick start before I begin a web development course at a local Community College. When I’m done filling my brain with HTML and coding for Flash I’ll get back to this guy. He will need a background and all of his dance instructors will have to wait a few weeks to become more then sketches.

Illutration Friday, Wilderness

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Marshmallows browned over a fire in the wilderness, yum.

Minnesota Made, O’Shaughnessy at St.Thomas

Saturday, January 16th, 2010



Later this month I will have a piece on exhibit along with twenty other members of the MN Children Book Illustration Guild.

“Minnesota Made : Through the Eyes of the Children’s Book Illustrators Guild of Minnesota” will be opening up on January 22, 2010 at the O’Shaughnessy Educational Center Lobby Gallery at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. An artist reception will be held on January 24 from 2-4pm. I look forward to seeing you there! Here is all of the information for the show!
“Minnesota Made”
O’Shaughnessy Educational Center Lobby Gallery
University of St. Thomas
2115 Summit Ave
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-962-5560
www.stthomas.edu/arthistory/exhibitions

Illustration Friday – Confined

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Poor hound confined to the length of a rope. Illustration was inked with Adobe Illustrator and colored in Photoshop.