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Here is the cover for the Book Making field trip Collaboration at 826 Valencia in which I did the art.

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I did some volunteering work at 826 Valencia to help kids with there Cartooning project that will be displayed at the Cartoon Art Museum. In the process of demonstrating inking with some sharpies I did these neat drawings.

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Here is the latest work I did with the kids of Ygnacio Valley School at the 826 Valencia writing center. As always I had to illustrate the book in real time as the kids wrote it as a group. And this time I tried to sneak in my own ending with the rest of the books, to get approval from our publisher Mr. Blue, but he did not like it and TORE IT UP. I was heart broken. But that won’t stop me from trying again. Mr. Blue is MEAN.

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Here is the cover from the book I illustrated for the field trip kids at the 826 Valencia writing center. Always lots of fun, but crazy doing drawings really, really fast.

This is our most popular field trip. Students are charged with the task of writing, as a group, a story, with the help of 826 volunteers. While the students decide on character and plot points, an 826 volunteer is typing the story into a computer, which is projected onto the wall. The students can track the story’s progress, and make corrections as needed. Meanwhile, the story is being illustrated by a professional artist. As the pages are finished, they’re being copied — one set for each student — and collated in our back production room. Thus, as soon as the class finishes creating the story, we’re ready to bind the books with our in-house tape bindery. The students illustrate their covers, add their photo to the back (for an About the Author page), and go home with personalized books created as a class. This field trip teaches students about collaboration, self-editing, the bookmaking process, and elements of successful storytelling. And it’s really a good time for all. Recommended for students 7–11 years old.

The kids seem to really enjoy these field trips, and I had a good time too.

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Yesterday I helped out, as a cartoonist, at the826 Valencia St. writing center. While kids worked together to write a story for book (pictured below), I did the illustrations. It’s fun to see what you can do in a very short amount of time.

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