Art and Illustration by Claire DeWilde
For this project, I put a twist on the “Pied Piper” fairy tale. In my version, a city populated by mice is plagued by all kinds of bugs! The Piper, a jazz-playing squirrel wearing a zoot suit, rids the town of the bugs. When the townspeople fail to pay him, he leads the children out of town as well. The cityscape was inspired by 1930s New York.
Each spread is 9 x 12″ and done completely in graphite. The entire project took 3 weeks to complete.
These are all my illustrations for CSULB’s student-powered newspaper, The Union Weekly, for the Fall semester of 2013. You can see them all on their website at lbunion.com. The playful articles are always fun to illustrate!
A study of four different art styles. From top to bottom:
Graphite on illustration board, 20×30″
Trying out some digital art! Drew the lines on paper, scanned it into Photoshop for coloring.
Sometime last year, I doodled a little creature and named him Bartleby. Now I want to create Bartleby using different mediums. Here he is in pastels!
Pastel and Micron Pen, 8 x 5″
Watercolor and Pen 8 x 11″
Watercolor and Pen, 8 x 5 1/2“
4×6″ Watercolor and Pen in red frames.
A girl in meditation.
Watercolor and ink
July 2013
Hey everyone! My very first illustrated children’s book is now available! There’s a Rainbow in the Mud is a story about a little girl and her plush monkey, who eventually “leaves” her. If you know any children in need of a book about coping with the loss of a loved one, check out There’s a Rainbow in the Mud.
Thank you to everyone who encouraged me, and thank you to Sarah and Libby for giving me this amazing opportunity!
Get it at Amazon or Barnes & Noble!
Artful Armadillo