In July, Max Elliot Anderson, author of the just-out Lost Island Smugglers, interviewed me on the cover art and illustration process. You can view the interview on his blog Books and Boys, and again at On the Write Track.

Author/agent Terry Burn’s has a knack for home time stories, the kind to read on a lazy night around the campfire. On the Road Home: Stories of Life and Love is a collection of short stories, memoirs, cowboy poetry, and one fantastic western novella, now out from Port Yonder Press. See a peak at my illustrations below, and buy the book!

Illustrations © 2010 Port Yonder Press, LLC

The great and wonderful C. Maggie Woychik decided to take fate into her hands and gave me an entire post on her blog. Thank you, again, Maggie! Read all about your’s truly here.

C. Maggie Woychik, the amazing Publisher/Managing Editor at Port Yonder Press, wrote about the press in the Publisher’s Corner section of Christian Fiction Online Magazine. And she gave me a nod! (Yey, and thanks Maggie!)

Read all about it here.

I’m excited to announce that I’m the new staff illustrator for Port Yonder Press, a small press publishing company. I am currently working on interior illustrations for On the Road Home: Stories of Life and Love, a collection of short stories by author and literary agent Terry Burns, which will release in winter 2010. Read the news update here to see all the upcoming projects.

Or, watch the update in video format:

My new portfolio shows my art in easy-to-use thumbnails and gorgeous displays. Have a look!

http://hollyheisey.daportfolio.com/

With Thanksgiving coming up and Christmas just around the corner, I’ve been looking forward to our yearly graham cracker house day. With that in mind, I thought it was about time I share the wealth!

I’ve written an article on how to make a graham cracker house from start to finish. Check it out:

How to Make a Graham Cracker House

Alchemy is a new intuitive digital art program that allows for quick sketching and shape-building. There’s many different options for how your shapes are formed: mirrored, lined, solid, skattered, and so on. You can even make shapes with microphone sounds. And the best part is, there is no undo button!

Great for an idea pad to then paint over in Photoshop, or for making complex shapes for Photoshop or Painter brushes.

http://al.chemy.org/

Digital artist Android Jones demonstrating Alchemy:

(for a better resolution, watch on the Alchemy site)