Welcome

Please enjoy the wacky world my pencils and paints create for you. As an illustrator I try to bring you a world in which you have not read before or have seen in movies yet. My minds eye comes from behind the curtain in that chocolate factory that Willie Wonka didn't let you peer behind. Now I am opening it for you! Come in and take a look...

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Swallowed the Roller Coaster~ The Latest from the Facebook Serial Mr. Pelinger's House & Intergalactic Roadshow.

Here is the latest. The children are on Custer's wacky roller coaster and are heading down the throat of the snake. Mr. Pelinger rushes to the brake and barely saves them from being swallowed. Check back often to see what happens next to the children in the Intergalactic Roadshow. Next they enter Sitting bull's first ring.


Here are the drawings used to make this illustration:





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Monday, December 29, 2014

Beware the Snake~Latest From the Internet Serial "Mr. Pelinger's House & Intergalactic Roadshow"

In this image the kids find the danger of following General Custer through the Intergalactic Roadshow. Mr. Pleinger puts the brake on before they fall into the chute of the snake's throat.

Below you can watch the steps that were used in making this illustration. Follow this blog to watch how a story is created.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

General Custer's First Ring in the Intergalactic Roadshow

Here is the latest illustration from the Internet Serial Mr. Pelinger's House & Intergalactic Roadshow and the sketches that went into it! Follow along daily to see where this tale goes.

This time we find the siblings and Mr. Pelinger being introduced to General Custer's first ring of the roadshow. What is with the snake?

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Drawings behind the scenes:



Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Latest from the Facebook Serial of Mr. Pelinger's House & Intergalactic Roadshow

Here the siblings and Mr. Pelinger land from the chute from the top of the Tree of Life into the center ring of the Intergalactic Roadshow. Here they meet the 3 ring masters.

Follow along and enjoy this Facebook serial. Watch how the illustrations are made and come back often to see what happens next in our narrative.

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Here are the drawings that were used to back the bottom illustration:




Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Books and Illustrations

"Yes Santa" has been sent off to the printers. Next week I will be getting the proof. For now I am returning to "Mr. Pelinger's House & Intergalactic Roadshow".

Last we had seen the siblings and Mr. Pelinger falling down a chute off of the World Tree in the attic. Now we see them getting ready to land in the center ring of the Intergalactic Roadshow. Follow this internet serial and see what happens next...

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~Chris

Saturday, December 6, 2014

What is your favorite Christmas story or memory?

Hello,
Share with us your fondest or most humorous tale that happened upon Christmas. My favorite story was about my Great Grandfather, the man who gave up fortunes in the newspaper business for happiness, would dress up like Santa and deliver toys and gifts to the neighborhood children. The result was that my grandmother got to believe in Santa Claus all through her teens. As well did her whole neighborhood because of my great grandfather.

What was your favorite tale, go on share them with us...

Illustration from the new Christmas story "Yes Santa"
 
~Chris

Here is the cover to "Yes Santa."


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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Behind the Scenes of "Yes, Santa."

Here are some sketches to illustrations.





Some New Page Spreads From "Yes, Santa."

I hope you like them.
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Monday, December 1, 2014

Check Out My Friend Max's Blog About Everything Flying In the Firmament And Above!

This week Max writes about Apollo 13 and how it almost turned into a nuclear bomb! Check his blog out weekly and see what is cool up in the air from the boy who floated over the North Shore atttached to a score of balloons! Click here to read it!






Then read his Book, Max Teller's Amazing Adventure.

Cheers,
Chris

Check Out my Friend Tyler's Blog~ He Writes About All of the Cool Places in America He Has Lived In!

This week Tyler is writing about the time his parents got a contract in NC which allowed him to meet Vollis Simpson, the Whirlygig Maker. Check out this post about these giant windmills of whimsy!



Then read his book:
Tyler Moves to Gibsonton Florida

Cheers,
Chris

"Yes Santa", Watch this Christmas story be created!

Hello,
I'm working on a story written by my father Gerald "Jerry" Dowgin. He wrote a story about an 8 year old girl who is on the verge of growing up before her time when some girls at school told her Santa does not exist. It ponders the question of the importance of imaginary beings like the tooth Fairy, Santa, and the Easter Bunny. If children are not taught the importance of imaginary concepts at a young age, how will they ever hold dear other intangible things such as hope, Love, faith, justice, mercy, and equality? Now are these imaginary beings any less potent than the atom? Neither of which Man has ever seen, but we all have seen how powerful the atom is. Are the others any less real?

Follow along with this serial and what the sketches take shape into illustrations.. Check back often!
Cheers,
Chris