Author: Tony D
September 27, 2008
Leigh has been a fan here on the blog for some time now, and it was great to get a chance to meet her and her sis, Ysabel, in person last month at the Decatur Book Festival. Leigh sent us these awesome first fan-art drawings of Kenny and Grahame from my new book, Kenny and …
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September 19, 2008
This week we received quite a treat: this amazing Spiderwick manga by our old friend Annie! We try to feature young artists only once, (so that everyone gets a chance), but this was just so cool, such a labor of love, that we couldn’t keep it to ourselves! It would be great to post all …
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September 17, 2008
Storyopolis has added an event to the second leg of my Kenny and the Dragon tour in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 4th at the Geffen playhouse. This will be a morning event, part of their “Saturday Scene” program, and will feature a live band as well as yours truly. Tickets are available at Storyopolis, …
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September 15, 2008
The latest installment of Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, A Giant Problem, is due out in stores tomorrow. You can find it in a store near you, or you can try Amazon (where you can buy this AND Kenny and the Dragon at a reduced price) or Barnes & Noble. For our New York and New …
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September 12, 2008
My dive into my grade school years concludes with some bits-n-pieces of stuff from high school… Exhibit H: I really did have a business card in high school. And I really did want to be an illustrator. But I wasn’t one. Hey, a kid can dream…you never know what might happen. Exhibit I: my senior …
Continue reading “Detritus (part 3)”
September 12, 2008
I’ve been traveling for the past few weeks hence the lack of FFA, but now that I am back in the studio, there is much to share! Angela received this cool note from our new favorite felt-master, Andrea Graham: I enjoyed reading the Spiderwick Chronicles aloud to my three boys and looked forward to the …
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September 9, 2008
My excavation of my past continues in this virtual display culled from a box full of artifacts collected during my middle school years. Exhibit E: Merit badges from my years as a Boy Scout. I think I was more interested in collecting the badges based on how cool they looked moreso that what they represented. …
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September 9, 2008
The latest issue (Oct/Nov. 08) of Mary Engelbreit’s HOME COMPANION magazine has a really nice 3-page article on yours truly. There is even a excerpt of it on their site. WOW!
September 7, 2008
We’ve been staying in Florida for a spell so I can catch my breath from the first leg of the tour – which was AWESOME btw, thanks to all who came out! While here, I promised myself I would begin a project that has sat in the back of my mind for years – and …
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September 1, 2008
My artistic summer diversions continue with a nod towards the classics, Puffin Classics to be exact. I was very familiar with these books, having read many of these stories as a kid. The publisher has re-launched the series with a whole new look, and I was absolutely thrilled when I was asked if I could …
Continue reading “Diversion #2 (A Darker Diversion)”
August 30, 2008
In conjunction with The Carle Honors, a fundraising effort to benefit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, I (along with 20-plus amazing illustrators) have done an original butterfly-themed image, which will be sold at auction. You can view this auction, and see all the amazing one-of-a-kind pieces, here. Happy bidding!
August 23, 2008
For my Georgia fans attending the Decatur Book Festival next weekend, I’ll be doing my presentation on Saturday (8/30) at the Target Children’s stage at 5:00pm. The day should be quite exciting with many wonderful children’s book creators also presenting like Chris Rashka, Robert Sabuda, Doreen Cronin and Adam Rex to name a few. You …
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August 15, 2008
More events for the Kenny and the Dragon tour. I was originally going to travel all the way up the west coast to Vancouver, but we just could not get all the dates in there, so I’ll be touring through California. Of course, all tour dates have been added ABOUT section of my site, so …
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August 15, 2008
Our friend Margaret is working on a nifty field guide to Hobgoblins, which not only describes the various subspecies, but also details their living habits and even emotions- here are just a few of our favorite images. I hope it inspires you as much as it did me! Keep on drawin’!
August 11, 2008
I’ve had a little time off of my book schedule this past month to enjoy the summer weather. This has been great for several reasons: 1. I get to spend some fun time with Ang and Sophia. 2. I get the time to properly upgrade from my old ’03 G5 Mac to the latest PowerPC. …
Continue reading “Diversion #1 (A Flight of Fancy)”
August 8, 2008
This week we thought we’d share these three great Spiderwick inspired creatures, a “Rain Forest Sprite” by Cassidy, a “Sea Nymph” (with beta fish) by Mark, and a great yellow Goblin by Kendall! Keep on drawin’ everybody!
August 6, 2008
My chapter book debut as an author and illustrator, Kenny and the Dragon, is now available in stores. You can use the Booksense/Indiebound site to find a store near you, or try Amazon or Barnes & Noble. I hope you enjoy it!
August 1, 2008
Wow! All I can say to you all is WOW! Everyone really did a phenomenal job for this contest! All of us here at DiTerlizzi studio tonight were BLOWN AWAY by the menagerie of dragons that danced upon my computer screen and on the flat files and floor. We received entries from all over the …
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July 31, 2008
Happy Thursday! Today is the last day that we’ll accept entries for our latest contest to “Design Your Dragon”, so if you work well under pressure, you have until midnight tonight. We have received some phenomenal entries so far – you really rocked it out this time – wow! My loverly wife Angela, my assistant …
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July 25, 2008
Our friend Christopher sent us these great creatures called Skullers, they remind me of something from one of the classic monster movies like Dracula or The Creature from The Black Lagoon…or even a Sleestak. Either way, its very cool. Thanks for this Christopher! Keep on drawin’ everyone!
July 24, 2008
We’ve received some AMAZING entires to the “Design Your Dragon” contest so far…so keep them coming! With only a week left to go, if you have not yet entered then you better get scribbling. You can enter from any part of the world, any age, and any medium. And of course, you can enter as …
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July 21, 2008
Holly and I will be doing a special event on September 16th, for the release of the next Beyond the Spiderwick book, A Giant Problem. Below are the details, I hope we see you there! Special SPIDERWICK EVENT with Holly Black! Tuesday, September 16th 6:00 PM BOOK WORLD Essex Mall 895 Bloomfield Avenue West Caldwell, …
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July 18, 2008
Jesse Lopez did a take on my rabbit wizard which was part of the inspiration involved with Kenny and the Dragon. Nice mood in the cave piece Jesse!
July 14, 2008
My web-guru, Anthony, and I have designed a new interface to view my ART quickly and as large as possible. I have added some new images, and some old favorites, and will continue to add more throughout the week…with captions to follow later on. Also, we added the same interface to the BOOKS section, in …
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July 11, 2008
I am covering for Peter Reynolds who was supposed to speak this weekend at the Eric Carle Museum. So if anyone is in the area and wants some book signed, come on by! Imagination and Illustration with Tony DiTerlizzi July 13, 2008 1:00 to 2:30 pm Free with Museum Admission or Conference Registration JUST ADDED! …
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