Friday, June 18, 2010

Illustration Friday - Paisley


Cora in her paisley dress from my award-winning picture book, Cora Cooks Pancit. In a week I'll receive the APALA picture book award for this book at the ALA conference in Washington DC!
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26 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:11 AM

    really cute!

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  2. Dave12:02 PM

    really nice rendering. very cute as well.

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  3. Unknown12:12 PM

    congratulations!!! this is wonderful!!!

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  4. k.h.whitaker12:58 PM

    how wonderful, congratulations on the award!

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  5. Darice1:02 PM

    Congratulations on your award...much deserved! :)

    Also, I love that dress - much better than the clothes from the 70s I was thinking of. ;)

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  6. adam taylor2:31 PM

    Congratulations!!! I love this little girl, she is so cute!!!

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  7. Bobo5:40 PM

    Congratulations! She's so beautiful!

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  8. Ellen Byrne7:00 PM

    Gorgeous illustration!

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  9. rmsmi10:02 PM

    Super cute character! Congratulations on the award!

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  10. Vincent Desjardins9:44 AM

    Congratulations on the award! Your characters are wonderful, such great facial expressions and body language!

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  11. Anonymous1:57 AM

    love it! Great job!

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  12. Sab4:10 AM

    very cute ! ^_^

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  13. Unknown9:21 AM

    And deservedly so! Briliant.

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  14. Manelle12:48 PM

    Great character!

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  15. IVYALLOVER11:51 AM

    wow impressive congratulations! Beautiful piece ♥

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  16. Kristi Valiant11:55 AM

    Thanks for all your comments, everyone.

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  17. Ann Pilicer4:13 PM

    Cora is quite beautiful in her paisley dress! Great work! Well done! :D

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  18. Morph Waffle12:03 AM

    Pancit is awesome, books about about pancit, even more awesome.

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  19. aeneadellaluna8:30 AM

    She is absolutely adorable! cute and lovely! Congrats on your award :) all the best!

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  20. Anonymous4:18 PM

    I just love your work! Every week, you never disappoint me! Keep it up!

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  21. G Mitchell3:59 AM

    That's awesome work, there's a story in that single image.

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  22. Karen11:55 PM

    Congratulations... Cora is super sweet :)

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  23. lil kim10:09 PM

    Congrats Kristi! Your illustrations are so beautiful. Your dancing dreams book looks fantastic!! Well done.

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  24. Krista7:49 PM

    Sweet! Congratulations!

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  25. Paige Keiser5:37 PM

    Congratulations! I've seen some beautiful spreads from this book, a well deserved award!!

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  26. Kristi Valiant10:48 PM

    Thanks so much! It was really neat to go to the awards ceremony in D.C.

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