Friday Fan Art!

This is a special edition of “Friday Fan Art”. Its an homage to that raspberry-colored pal-o-mine!

“Hello birthday boy!”, from TED, 2001.

Despite all the love I have for Spiderwick, and its incredible successes, I must confess that my second picture book, Ted, is still a favorite.

Sure, it’s a little long for a picture book (especially nowadays) but I was proud of my boldness at such an early point in my career to make a statement about being a working parent (even though I wasn’t one yet) and holding onto your childhood. Heck, even Mrs. Cheney liked the book. She read it back in 2002 as part of her campaign, “No Such Thing As a Vacation From Reading“, for (you guessed it) summer reading.

Mrs. Lynne Cheney reading TED, 2002

A couple of years ago, my brother Adam, blew me away with one of the coolest birthday presents ever. Ted rendered in various animated styles. I simply HAD to share these as I think they are so cool! Enjoy! (Thanks bro!)

Disney Ted

Warner Bros. Ted

Hanna-Barberra Ted

Rankin & Bass Ted

Anime Ted

Matt Groening Ted

6 Responses to “Friday Fan Art!”

  1. Joey B Says:

    Ha! I love Adam’s Hannah-Barbera Ted.

  2. jarrett Says:

    The Hanna-Barbera one is tops! Those are all so cool!

  3. Sara Says:

    “Cheshire”Ted or Ted “Simpson”? Its a toss up for my favorite.
    “Pika”Ted sorta creeps me out ;)

  4. Jennifer Tolman Says:

    Great dragons!

  5. Audrey Says:

    Your brother Adam did a fantastic job! The different depictions of Ted made me laugh out loud! I love the Pikachu and Home Simpson Teds. By the way, those dragons are STUNNING!!!! I can’t get enough of your shading, coloring, style, smoothness, everything!

  6. ryce Says:

    i’m a teen and i was in a book store and saw ted so i was flipping through..and i bought it!I also have the fly and the spider book(name is’nt coming to me)I will post some fan art later!

    -all the inspiered love,
    Ryce

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