"When Pigs Run" Drawings

Strange that I enjoy drawing with pencils now. I've always been a pen and ink sort. Lately, I find it hurts my hand to really grip and control the felt tip markers I use, while drawing with pencils seems so much looser and freer. In any case, I am grateful to be able to bring Puddle and his friends to life.

Here is a drawing from "When Pigs Run."

"When Pigs Run" Drawings

Well, I've started the drawings for my newest Puddle the Pig story. I decided to start with the easy stuff. So, here is a drawing of Rascal. He tries to lead Puddle on a shortcut through a brier patch. Poor Puddle's skin gets chewed up like a peach pit on a red ant pile.

So, my next question is color, or black and white? Since there is nothing to print in an eBook, and electrons are cheap, I'm leaning toward color, but black and white is classic for kid's read aloud story books. What do you think?

PS
Yes, that's Ranbone the Raven peaking into the frame lower right.

PPS
Notice the single prickly thistle sticking up over the rock. Visual foreshadwing.

Rascal from "When Pigs Run" by Rodney Robbins.

Rodney Robbins--Author and Illustrator?

So, this is a little cartoon mascot I drew up for "The Bite Me Diet Book." Creating and drawing Reddy Racoon was such fun, that I decided to update my YA novel and include pictures at the start of each chapter. So, I guess that makes me an author/illustrator.

This is pretty easy for me as I drew a LOT as a child and never lost the touch. I'm thinking of doing an illustrated poetry book--just because I like writing silly poems and drawing little critters.

I certainly wouldn't include drawings in, say, an adult murder mystery,but I do enjoy them in non-fiction and in fiction for younger readers. As a kid, one of my favorite books was "A Golden Treasury of Poetry." It included all kinds of poems with nice color illustrations. And of course, I really liked "Where the Sidewalk Ends." Below is a drawing of a feather I used to setup one of the chapters in "My Romantic Spell." Anyway, this was just something fun to share. You can share it too on Facebook or Twitter.