These are a few early concept ratings for Buta sama for book in the Samurai vs Ninja series. I am trying out a new cloak for Buta to wear to a festival event. I am liking it so far as I also get to play with it in a very Batman cape kind of way.
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This is a basic step by step guide on how to draw a ‘Ninja’ in the style of the Samurai vs Ninja books. Feel free contact me if you would like some steps to other characters from my books.
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To see a very, very funny and silly promotional video. click on the link to Nick Falks Facebook page. You will see Nick and I talking about our new series.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=871034609596439&set=vb.498089430224294&type=2&theater
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I have been lucky enough to participate in the Sydney Writers’ Festivals, first children’s ‘Festival of Moving Stories’. This has involved drawing bus sized characters (see older posts for ‘Russ the Story Bus’), School talks with a host of other Authors and illustrators and the totally amazing stage experience of ‘Stories from the Pyjamaverse’.
Story from the Pyjamaverse was a heap of fun. There was an amazing line of readers, the very talented and funny MC/author Mr Will Kostakis. I sat at my throne on stage creating drawings for each story as it was read. In between stories Will and the audience attempted to stump me with increasingly silly drawing requests.
Michelle Lim Davidson
Morris Gleitzman
Almad Al Rady
Events like these would not be possible without the support of the staff and board of the Sydney Writers Festival and a large number of dedicated volunteers.
Tallis Watching from backstage as I practice some drawing
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Roaming the street of Western Sydney, Russ the School is a part of the Sydney Writers Festival children’s events this November and December.
http://today.ninemsn.com.au/storyinfo/jumpin/8928941/russ-the-story-bus-on-tour
Covered in my drawings I the bright yellow bus is hard to miss.
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Samurai vs Ninja books arrive early 2015. These mugs arrived today. 
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By Vanessa Watson
Children’s book artist Tony Flowers, who also teaches art and design at the Western Sydney Institute of TAFE’s Kingswood campus. Picture: Helen Nezdropa.
The Sydney Writers’ Festival will present the first Children’s Festival of Moving Stories across western Sydney from November 14, with events to instil a love of reading and imagination in even the most reluctant kids and parents alike.
The festival will feature big names from children’s literature includingPossum Magic author Mem Fox, Morris Gleitzman and children’s book illustrator Tony Flowers.
The Children’s Author Roadshow will see a series of free events at schools and libraries across western Sydney, including Parramatta City Library, The Whitlam Library Cabramatta, Liverpool City Library, Penrith City Library, Bankstown City Library and Knowledge Centre and Blacktown City Library.
Russ the Travelling Story Bus will also stop at schools in Parramatta, Blacktown, Rooty Hill and Penrith.
‘‘CHILDREN WON’T EVER BE READING TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD IN HIGH SCHOOL IF THEY DON’T FIND BOOKS THAT ENGAGE THEM IN KINDERGARTEN.’’
Decorated by Flowers and stacked with books to swap with your own second-hand books, Russ will appear at Riverside Theatres on November 28 from 12pm-8pm during Stories from the Pyjamaverse, which will feature interactive storytime sessions with authors like Gleitzman and Will Kostakis, Playschool’s Michelle Lim Davidson, the Western Sydney Wanderers and the Parramatta Eels.
Australian children’s author Mem Fox. Picture: Ben Searcy.
Stories will be read aloud as Flowers brings the narratives alive through live illustrations on stage.
Flowers, who also teaches art and design at the Western Sydney Institute of TAFE’s Kingswood campus, said his aim was to create live drawings as ”silly” and as entertaining as possible for his young audience members on the night, including for ”reluctant readers”.
”I’m trying to do illustrations that engage with them and don’t talk down to them. It’s got to be humourous,” Flowers said.‘‘Children won’t ever be reading To Kill a Mockingbird in high school if they don’t find books that engage them in kindergarten.’’
Fox, who will present an adults’ talk on December 4, said it was vital to read to babies, even in their first weeks of life, to engage them with ‘‘rhyme, repetition and the warm presence of a loved human being’’.
‘‘The brain is being stimulated in all sorts of wonderful ways and the child is becoming more clever, the child knows it’s loved,’’ Ms Fox said.
‘‘You have to start [reading to children] before they even know that it’s happening,” she said. ”Reading is just the most beautiful thing to do, it’s a happy and a loving thing to do.”
Sydney Writers’ Festival head of children’s programs Jeanmarie Morosin said the packed program was a direct response to a ‘‘hunger all across western Sydney for really good literary events’’ for children.
‘‘Given that the majority of kids in the state are in western Sydney, it made sense,’’ Ms Morovin said.
‘‘It’s important to engage kids with a love of reading and storytelling very early because it sets them up for the rest of their lives.’’
Asked for her advice for authors hoping to carve a niche in children’s literature, Mem Fox said: ”Every writer says this to anyone that wants to write – you can’t be a writer unless you’ve been a reader, and you have to read widely in the field that you want to write in.”
She listed several works with ”perfect” rhythm, including Dr Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham, the King James version of the Bible and the first par of The Grapes of Wrath.
http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/2669266/the-childrens-festival-of-moving-stories/?cs=12
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