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Published: 2007-09-28 04:45:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1279; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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Description In 1999 I purchased a teddy bear making kit for my wife for her birthday. She made the teddy bear. Then soon started elaborating on the designs.

She eventually came up with a combination of patern and material that would up looking something like the teddy you see painted here.

One day I decided to try painting him as an Astronaut. Just for fun.

It came out pretty cute.

Then a doctor.

Then a farmer.

Soon...we had a whole bunch of teddy bear paintings. So she wrote a story about what teddy bears want to be.

Thus...Teddy Bear Dreams came about.

We pitched it to a book publisher and they picked it up.
In 2001 Teddy Bear Dreams hit stores. My wife was now a Children's book author.


These are some of the illustrations I did.
Hope you enjoy them.
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Comments: 5

hermafrodite [2015-08-17 14:53:54 +0000 UTC]

epic

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photosoph [2007-10-07 21:12:10 +0000 UTC]

Aww, I love this one! I love animals, and I like seeing how you've designed and drawn a different range of them here. Really neat pose from the Teddy Bear too.
What method of painting did you use for these pictures? Did you use a combination of pencil/inks/markers, etc? Just curious.

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ssava In reply to photosoph [2007-10-08 00:23:56 +0000 UTC]

It's all colored pencils with markers to help blend.

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HibiscusLily [2007-09-28 19:51:10 +0000 UTC]

Awww! Those animals are so cute!

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ssava In reply to HibiscusLily [2007-09-29 15:22:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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