Link List

Blogger no longer lets me upload images for some reason so I will no longer be posting here unless the problem ends up fixed at some point in the future!

A big thank you to everyone for visiting over the years!

But like I say I will probably not be posting here so here is a list of other sites where I am more active:

 

Books:

amazon.com/author/jpmorrow

 

Social Media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morrow_art/

Tumblr: https://jpmorrow-art.tumblr.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tetradamallian

 

Thanks for stopping by!  :)

Mythical Bookshelves

 

I finally finished this one!  I finished the line art seven years ago, way back in 2017 and just finally got around to finishing it up.  Its got lots of wonderful details although I like to think I've gotten at least a little better at drawing people since then.

Poodle Doodles

 

Here are some poodle doodles I've done recently.  I've been sketching poodles cause I'm working on a children's book that has poodles in it, so I want to get better at drawing them.

Its harder than you might think to find good pictures of poodles with classic haircuts.  These are based on the ones in a German story illustrated by Lothar Meggendorfer called Der Pudel.  If you're interested you can read it for free and in color here:

https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Der_Pudel

Its also included in a collection of short stories with the same illustrator which is available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/8027317959?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

It is a fascinating collection of stories although the pictures are low resolution to the point of being very pixelated and it is all in black and white.  I enjoyed looking at them very much even though I do not speak German so of course it is all unintelligible.

Anyway I'll try and keep you posted as I make further progress on my children's book.

New Picture And Update

 Here is a bird I drew with colored pencils.  Here's the wonderful stock photo I based it on:

https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-juvenile-pied-wagtail-wagtail-5499473/

I also have an update!  My next coloring book, Celtic Knotwork Coloring Book 2 will hopefully be coming out next Saturday the 27th!  So yay!

Here is a link to my amazon author page so you can find it:

amazon.com/author/jpmorrow

Artist Loadout

 Art takes decades to develop even at the best of times but sometimes it is all brought short by a disaster.

My room is a mess of course, I have artistic and literary projects strewn all over the place and I like it that way.  But lately I've been asking myself, what would I take with me if I had to leave in a hurry, like if I had to quit the country and my house might get destroyed.  Family?  Food?  Ammo?  That doesn't leave a lot of room for artwork and decades of toil would go up in flames.

Which leads to the hypothetical question that I have been asking myself and perhaps you should too:

What if all you had room for in your pack was a stack of paper, a book, a sketchbook, some pencils, and a few flash drives?  Would you ditch the sketchbook and pencils and bring more paper?  another couple books?  Smaller books?  Something else?  I don't even know what I'd do, but its something to think about.

Don't share your answers here.  We don't need the government to know.  But someones got to ask the important art questions, especially in an age where many hypothetical cases are not as hypothetical as we should hope.

Vandalism Is Bad For Art

Its still bad!  I mentioned back in August 2017 when the black live matter looters were vandalizing statues and monuments and that was on the news that I thought vandalism was bad for art, and I still do.

The fact that so many people who I thought would know better are supporting murder, terrorism and wholesale destruction to this extent under the flimsy pretext of somehow combating racism, (which it doesn’t) displays a level of air headedness that I would hardly have believed possible.

Take Uncle Hugo’s Bookstore in Minneapolis as an example:

Here are some reasons why burning down a bookstore might be bad for art and creativity:

1, Its burning books!  Books are known to contain lots of art and creative writing.  Also there were a lot of irreplaceable 1st edition books as well as autographed copies some of them by authors who are no longer with us.

2, You just set fire to a bookstore!  Bookstores are places where people can look through and buy books, making all that creativity and art available to the public.

3. Its hard to have a booksigning in a burned out building!  Bookstores commonly have social events such as booksignings which are fun for members of the community.

4. Now the authors and illustrators can’t sell their books their anymore, which means they can’t get paid!  Which is bad for authors and illustrators.

5. Its just bad for everyone!  Burning down a bookstore puts people out of work and is just all around bad for the economy which is also bad for authors and artists.

So if you’re feeling bad about supporting arson and terrorism (and being a tremendous air head), here’s a chance to support the owner and his efforts to rebuild it:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/let-us-help-save-uncle-hugo039s?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-159106110191-60120bbd3a4a430d&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_email%2B1137-update-supporters-v5b

Its probably better than bailing out criminals, and social justice posturing!

This is an art blog, not a political blog so I wouldn’t even talk about this except that it is relevant to art, writing, and creativity in general.

It might not seem like a big deal right now if they haven’t burned down anything you care about, but you or your loved ones could be next, because terrorism is like that.

New Tumblr

I have a new tumblr, its for children's books!  I'll leave a link here in case anyone's interested:

https://sit-he-oo.tumblr.com/

I think this one is going to be very rewarding and a lot of fun.  :)

Inktober 2019!

Credits.

The top photo is based on this wonderful stock photo: fav.me/dbevbzl By: jennomat on DeviantArt
The second one is a wonderful closeup of moss: fav.me/dd1u31o By: Nexu4 on DeviantArt
The third one is out of my head, (I know I must have been).
And the bottom one is based on this excellent stock photo: fav.me/d68qn4a By: faestock also on DeviantArt

So I got four pictures done, that's one less than last year, but a lot less than next year.

Angelic Bookends

Another addition to my magical bookshelves series.  I don't know why, but I think it would be really fun to do a series of stories about little statues that come to life and wander about on the bookshelves. :)

I'm Back

This is the first Celtic design I've come out with since my coloring book.  Or to look at it another way, its the first knot in my next book full of Celtic Awesomeness and next time I'm gonna try for 50 patterns instead of just 32!

But I'm not in any particular hurry, or trying to be prolific or anything, (yet), because I've got lots of other artistic and literary endeavors to tackle first.  I'll just come out with a new knot every now and then when I feel like it.  :)

Magical Places

So much art that I need to color...what a great problem to have!  ^_^

I Have an Amazon Author Page Now

My Amazon author page:

amazon.com/author/jpmorrow

When I publish books over the coming years this will be where you go to find them all.

:o)

A Tree Is Nice

I painted this with oils, mostly a quick way to up my left over green paint from another painting I'm working on.  But I quite like it, it reminds me of a book: A Tree Is Nice, which is a beautiful children's book that I really enjoyed when I was little.