Sunday, December 30, 2018



Delighted to share the official trailer for Australia Illustrated. I'm so in love with this music! I hope you enjoy this little peek.

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importantnutrientsspot/search?q=australia-illustrated-virtual-launch" target="_blank"> Delighted to share the official trailer for  Australia Illustrated Virtual Launch - Book Trailer Reveal!



Thursday, December 27, 2018

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Hey kids--do you like fun activities? YOU DO? Thank goodness!!

Herewith, please enjoy some fun bits and pieces in celebration of the launch of Australia Illustrated.

Click on items to enlarge. You can also save them to your computer and print them out!

I hope you have FUN!

Spot the Difference

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There are 10 differences between the two images, above. You'll notice the differences in the image on the right hand side. Can you spot them all? If you struggle, the answers are right importantnutrientsspot/search?q=answers-1" target="_blank">here!

Word Searches

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Match It
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Can you match the iconic site to the place? Do your best! Then find the answers importantnutrientsspot/search?q=answers-1" target="_blank">here.

Colouring Pages
Click to enlarge and print ... or colour in digitally!

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On this quokka selfie page, you can either draw yourself in the polaroids with a
quokka or two, or you can paste your own photos into the spaces!

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Colour in and then draw your own Melbourne buildings and sites in the cappuccino froth!

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importantnutrientsspot/search?q=answers-1" target="_blank"> please enjoy some fun bits and pieces in celebration of the launch of  Australia Illustrated Virtual Launch - Fun 4 Kids!



Monday, December 24, 2018

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When I first started work on Australia Illustrated, I had no idea how many adorable kids would slip from the end of my paintbrush. Dozens upon dozens upon dozens emerged, and along the way, it was such a great pleasure to meet them.

Occasionally, I knew who the kids were. Above, you'll meet my AFL-loving son Riley, left, and on the right is my horse-loving daughter Ella ... with a friend.

Here are the granddaughters of my librarian friend Sue:
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And here is me and my *best friend Dame Edna:

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*Please note that this is wishful thinking.

But there are many, many characters who romp through the pages of this book whom, I'm sad to say, I don't know that well--and don't even know their name.

SO, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO NAME THEM!

importantnutrientsspot/search?q=australia-illustrated-virtual-launch" target="_blank">NAMES REVEALED!

Below you'll discover 5 of my characters. Each one needs a name, and perhaps, they might even need a little backstory. 

All you need do is leave a comment below stating:
  • the accompanying letter (A through E)
  • the name you've chosen
  • a little bit about them. Maybe where they live, what their likes and dislikes are. What they want to be when they grow up? It's up to you!

I'll also need you to tell me who named this character, along with their first name, age and city. For example...
  • Amy,  age 9, Sydney 
  • James, age 11, Dunedin
  • Kellie, age none-of-your-beeswax, Cairns
  • you don't need to be a kid to enter!

Alternatively, especially if you struggle to leave a comment below, you can email your response to me right mailto:books@taniamccartney" target="_blank">here.

And yes, you can name more than one--just be sure to indicate which one you're naming each time (A through E).

YOU HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY 31 OCTOBER, Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time.

I will decide which names resonate most with each character, and will introduce each one right here on my blog on 1 November. I'll also introduce the characters to my guests at my actual book launch party on Saturday 5 November at Harry Hartog Bookstore, Canberra!

I can't wait to see what you come up with!
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Friday, December 21, 2018

importantnutrientsspot/search?q=australia-illustrated-november-2016-ek" target="_blank"> So you can get your mitts on a copy sooner than later    Australia Illustrated Virtual Launch - Buy the Book with Free Postage!

Here's goodie-goodie gumdrop news!

The good people at ekbooks/" target="_blank">EK Books are offering you the chance to buy Australia Illustrated right now, before launch date!!! (1 November) So you can get your mitts on a copy sooner than later ... AND they'll pay your postage for you!

This offer is available in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada and the US.

Prices for each market:
Australia $29.99
New Zealand $29.99
UK £12.99
Canada $28.99
USA $21.99

And can I just say what a bargain price these books are--for 96 pages of content--thrice the page count of a regular picture book!

To snaffle this offer, all you need do is head to this link ... ekbooks/product/australia-illustrated/">ekbooks/product/australia-illustrated/ ... and when you check out, enter the coupon code quokka16 above the billing details, to claim your free postage. Please remember to select the correct shipping method (click on FREE SHIPPING). If you leave it as FLAT RATE, you will be charged for postage, so be sure to click FREE before checking out.

Hurry--this offer ends at midnight on 30 November 2016!

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importantnutrientsspot/search?q=australia-illustrated-november-2016-ek" target="_blank"> So you can get your mitts on a copy sooner than later    Australia Illustrated Virtual Launch - Buy the Book with Free Postage!



Tuesday, December 18, 2018

importantnutrientsspot/search?q=australia-illustrated-november-2016-ek" target="_blank"> and the entire thing was done at a time when I was still re Australia Illustrated Virtual Launch - Before and Afters

Who doesn't love a good Before and After!??

Australia Illustrated contains over 1000 individual images of kids, animals, plants, objects, monuments, buildings, natural land features and more (it has 96 pages in order to fit them all in!).

Needless to say, the book took a very long time--around a year in total, and the entire thing was done at a time when I was still re-learning how to draw and paint (after a loooooong hiatus).

I was simultaneously teaching myself digital illustration and finishing art, and I found that by creating watercolour imagery in a relatively 'flat' way, I could then touch things up digitally. This really sped up a long and daunting process (and was also a lot of fun).
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Above is a balloon I did for my Australian Capital Territory chapter--a flat, inked balloon coloured with watercolours. After scanning and placing in Photoshop, I was able to smooth the colour and then add digital highlights to give a more 3D look.

Below is an example of how I created some Monster Shakes for another page in my Australian Capital Territory chapter.

First, I sketched the shakes in pencil on watercolour paper ...

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... then outlined them in fineliner ...

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Next, I filled them (roughly) with watercolour ...

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I then scanned this image and pasted it into Photoshop, where I tinkered with smoothness, tidied things up and added highlights ...

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These were then cut out (digitally) and added to the Monster Shakes page, complete with sparkles! A section of the page, below.

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Despite being 96 pages, this book didn't go through too many changes. Mostly, the changes were on more structural elements like the covers, chapter headers and endpapers.

'Chapter' headers were done for each state and territory, and originally I had used a dark blue-green for the background. This was later changed to a mono-printed orange (think: Outback), and it looks so much better. Look up gelli-print online to see what kind of mono-printing system I used for many of the page backgrounds in this book, including this orange one.

The following silhouetted page took around 40 hours to create. Subsequent chapters were a lot faster, as:

a) I became more skilled at creating and placing things
b) I could re-use a lot of the existing elements on new pages

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I also played with adding characters to each chapter header, but I think it ended up looking too busy, so they were removed. I really love how the jawaban came out...

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I initially had a bit of a 'fact file' opposite each chapter header page (below). I scrapped these in the end, as they were defeating the purpose of the book, which is more about visual interpretation than information per se.

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The other thing that went through several incarnations were the endpapers. Below are some drafts for one of my first ideas--the front endpapers having a line-up of trees and the rear endpapers being covered in birds, taken from throughout the book (I like birds).

I had three other ideas, too, but ended up scrapping them all and going for papercut-style endpapers because they tied in so well with the rest of the book, stylistically. I'm really happy I made this decision.

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one of the rear endpapers

Many of the actual pages also went through several incarnations... some would work almost instantly, and others I had to tinker with and tinker with and tinker with, to get 'just right'. Here are just two of around 10 attempts at this Wildflowers page for Western Australia:

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...and the final...

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Here are two of about a dozen different Gelati pages for Queensland:

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...and the final...

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...and this The Great Australian Swimmer page went through something like twenty incarnations; here are just some...

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 ...and the final...

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Some pages also needed some colour-changes (as per the blue sign in The Swimmer, above) because of the image they were coupled with to make a double page spread.

Lastly, here is a peek at the Quokka Selfie page (for Western Australia). First the sketch and inking on watercolour paper. Then with watercolour added. Again, scanned in, finished in Photoshop and placed on the digital page in Adobe Illustrator, along with some digital art.

It's all quite the process!

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And the final... All but the polaroid images and the real-life postcard, bottom left, is digitally done.

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importantnutrientsspot/search?q=australia-illustrated-november-2016-ek" target="_blank"> and the entire thing was done at a time when I was still re Australia Illustrated Virtual Launch - Before and Afters