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We're on day 3 of fire sprinkler installation and I'm forced to be cooped up here in my kitchen with my cat working at my 3 year old son's red IKEA dinner table. As you can see behind me the kitchen has been tarped off to keep out dust. Well, at least I know I can eat at any time.

I think it's also fun to share this new project that I've been hired to work on with Little Brown and Co. It's a chapter book series called "Nanny Piggins" and it's one of the best hapter book stories I have ever read in a long time and I leaped a tthe chance to illustrate it. Take Mary Poppins, three kids, a grumpy father, and a pig nanny who always wants to have mischievious fun but manages to keep everything barely in order and you've got some really great tales to share.

Here are some character sketches. It's gonna be loads of fun!

Comments

[Adam]

This book looks super fun. As opposed to your home situation.

[Onno Knuvers]

Hmm, either you flipped the photo or you crazy Americans read in mirror image. Check out the Cheerios box on the kitchen counter. Oh, nice character designs too :)

[Nina]

Love the sketches- congrats on the new book project!

[kactiguy]

Thems some nice sketches. The pig is great. Remodels are a major pain in the butt. I don't know how you find time to get anything drawn. Good luck, hope it's all over with soon.

[Coop]

Hi Dan, I really like your work and hope that this interests you.

I am attempting to amass a large collection of portraits of Frankenstein's Monster in as many different styles and in as many different media as possible as an ongoing art project. The only stipulation is that the size is 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches (standard artist trading card size) and that each card has name, date, location, title and anything else you care to add on the back.

I welcome cards from both amateur and professional artists.

I will be leaving blank cards with instructions and mailing address in galleries, colleges, art shops, on buses, handing them out in the street and wherever else I can think of.

If you think you can spare the time to produce a little something, please send a portrait to:

A Patchwork Of Flesh
45 Silversea Drive
Westcliff on Sea
Essex
SS0 9XD
United Kingdom

Each card I receive will be uploaded at http://apatchworkofflesh.blogspot.com/ to produce an on-line gallery, I then hope to put on an exhibition of these cards in a gallery.