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From Mistale the cat to elephant (and baby aardvark)

Mistale the cat was simple enough (seeing-simplifying), but what about a more complex animal, like an

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The Parable of the Taoist Farmer

There are two tips here.  The first is: illustrators can practice on stories that someone else

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Invent your own mythical creature!

One of my favorite things to draw growing up in the woods were the creatures I

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Backgrounds: the power of suggestion!

We have worked on how to put story characters in motion—both human characters and canine characters!

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How to solve the puzzle of a new mythical creature

The workshop secretary, Dorothea, recently brought us a letter from a storyteller named April.  April needed

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