Roaring Lion

This is the first illustration in a series of images called Project Lion. My friend Alan is super nice and he's letting me try out his Wacom Tablet. Roaring Lion is my first attempt using the digital drawing device but I plan on creating many more Wacom images. I’m having a blast with this thing!

Wisconsin Activity Book

Just got word today that the Wisconsin Activity Book I illustrated will be in house August 31. This is the fourth Activity Book I’ve Illustrated for Adventure Publications and I hear Indiana might be next. Here are a few sketches from the book and the finalized cover.



-Ginseng (My Dad used to grow this root!)


-Bald Eagle mom and chick


-Fishing Lures


-Ice Fishing


-Hayward's Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Museum


-Cover (Colored by Adventure Publications)

Recycle.

Everyone who knows me knows that I am a big recycler. It really does bug me when people simply choose not to recycle because they think it’s just too much extra work. This is our planet and our responsibility to take care of it right?

At work I’ve been trying to encourage people to take the small step and throw there unused paper products in the recycling instead of the garbage. I put some old envelope boxes to use and converted them into recycling receptacles for everyone’s worktables. Going green seems to be the trend these days so decide to paint all the boxes neon green so you can’t miss them. Guess what? Since the boxes have been put out my fellow coworker have been filling them instead of the trashcans. I bet all the paper Big Dot goes through we are saving one tree at least every day! That is something to be very proud of!

Chalkfest

Erik Christenson and I took part in the Chalkfest weekend event in Eau Claire, WI. This is a rather new occasion in Wilson Park where artist draw large scale calk images on the sidewalk. We teamed up to create an image based on our summer journey to South Dakota. We worked from 9:30 am until about 5:00 pm when the images began to be reviewed by the judges. It was quite a fun day though our legs and knees had a rough time. We even got an honorable mention in the group category.

South Dakota.

Recently Erik Christenson and I drove out to South Dakota for a four-day weekend. We’ve never been there before and until now I never realized how close SD is to Wisconsin. There’s no better way to take a vacation in my mind then to go on a road trip. There’s just so much to see in this state from the Badlands, Custer State Park, Needles Highway, Mt. Rushmore, The Black Hills Wild House Sanctuary, the list goes on and on! South Dakota is truly a gem and feels strongly of the old west. Definitely a wildlife enthusiast dream.

Flukes.

My Sitka, Alaska friend Jen Cedarleaf contacted my to create a Wanted Poster and Bookmarks for the Humpback Whales of Southeastern Alaska organization. These items will be out and on display aboard the fleet of Allen Marine Tour Boats advertising to the sight seeing passengers. The organization hopes that after viewing this poster visitors will send in humpback whale fluke (Tail) photographs. These pictures help biologists track were individual whales are migrating throughout Alaska from the markings on their Flukes.

Spooky Stories!

Author Ryan Jacobson interviewed me awhile back interested to discover if I had any ghostly tails to share with him for an upcoming book. My story along with a collection of others is now published in a book titled Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin. Read my story bellow if you dare. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!




My Ghost name is Anna Hurley.