Completed "All Aboard For Mexico" Image for Children's Picture Book

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A flock of swallows has joined the party. They’re heading for Capistrano, just this side of the border with Mexico. Betty Burro is boarding right behind Jimmy and Buddy. It’s great to have another character along for the trip.

Today I completed this “all aboard” image. Drawing the crowd of tiny figures was a little intimidating. I like the picture and I see that it’s very busy. I’m hoping that it’s a picture that someone would linger on to figure out what’s going on, and to admire the airplane’s magic moustache. Tomorrow I’m moving on to drawing the interior of the plane. It’s going to be packed with swallows!

Work on the Magic Moustache Airplane Continues

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The Magic Moustache Airliner is part of Magic Moustache Transportation, Inc. So far there’s a magic bus and now this magic airplane. Who knows…someday these amusing vehicles may become candidate for collectible toys. Of course, that would only happen when The Adventures of Jimmy Jay series becomes an animated movie, or perhaps a Disney live-action film. At worst, a Netflix film. Really, I’m kidding. I’m not thinking about movie rights at this point. Hmm…Studio Ghibli would be a good fit. After all, Hayao Miyazaki has a thing for airplanes, right?

So far I’ve spent a lot of time drawing the tires. Eventually I used a reference to get the fat, knobby look. I’ll be spending more time painting the kids (Jimmy and Buddy), and Betty Burro, a new character who will have her own book (The Burro Who Ran Away From The Circus), which I’ll start working on after I complete this book. I have to remind myself to take one day at a time, one inch at a time.