New Prints at Gallery Nucleus Store!!

I have new prints for sell in Gallery Nucleus store ^_____^ Please come and check them out!! More new new goodies coming up soon, please check back!!

Below are more sketches from my up-coming children picture book, The Tree House Heroes.

Weekend get away sketches

Been a very busy for a very long long while, finally get to take a real weekend get away without work tag along during Memorial Day holiday.  

Top is a sketch of a spread from my up-coming children book Tree House Heroes.  That's very much feel like how my schedule like for a very very very long while.  Phew!!  Finally slowly wrapping up a few projects, and could take a bit of a summer break! WOO HOOO!!

More concept art sketches from my book

More sketches from my up-coming children book - The Tree House Heroes and the Forgotten Beast.  

More Tree House Heroes sketches!

THH character concept art

The top line up is the final design of all the THH characters. The bottom color versions are early idea sketches of the same characters.

More Tree House Heroes sketches

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

East Coast Writer Takes Over West Coast Artist's Blog (Kind of)

Phil Amara here, Alina's writer/collaborator on TREEHOUSE HEROES, our hard-fought, first-ever kid's picture book coming out in late 2012 from Immedium. Just 'round the corner! Wow! Alina might be one of the top three busiest people I personally know, so I'll occasionally be posting here to give her a well-deserved break now and again. Which is fine by me, 'cause it gives me a chance to show you some work -- and sides to Alina herself! -- that you don't normally see.

Some of you might know that I left my career as a comic-book editor years ago to pursuing teaching. Best decision ever (though I still love me some wicked good comics!). As often as possible, I have artist pals, like Alina come in and talk to the class. Alina wowed my 4th graders! She told them all about the storytelling power of art. It not only made my students better artists, but better writers. If you know Alina the way I do, you know that she's a near infinite source of art info well beyond her 9 to 5 world of light sabers. Kind of like a pop star that studied Mozart long before she had to write any top 40 hits.

Next time, I'll give y'all a little behind-the-scenes peek at early sketches and roughs for TREEHOUSE HEROES. Trust me, on this, I've worked with lots of unreal artists as an ex-editor and you're seeing the real thing develop before your eyes. You won't want to miss it!