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Gilbert's Great Hullaballoon Chase

by creativeKayt

A collection of digital spreads and original art from my kids book, Gilbert and the great Hullaballoon Chase.

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OriginalArt
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... May your day be filled with song. Happy Tuesday, everybuggy! #BearWithABalloon #bear #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... I hadn't posted this. It falls right before the first image showing the bear holding the balloon. I'm posting in the proper order in my Flickr album. #BearWithABalloon #balloon #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... Happy Thursday! More bear sketches and coloring. #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #Illustration #KidsBook #PencilAndInk
... Redraw of this one. Had to add his re envisioned hairdo. 😃 Having so much FUN on this one. #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #Illustration #KidsBook #Art #PencilAndInk #Fun
... Sad bear. 😥 #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #Fun
... The chase is on!! Redraw with color. Happy Monday, everybuggy! #BearWithABalloon #bear #tricycle #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #balloon
... Happy Tuesday, everybuggy. Redraw on this one in colored pencil. I hope you all are okay if I take you with me as I progress through the story. It's gonna be a "no words" book. So FUN!
... Happy "hump" day!! Hope yer all having a great week! Redraw in pencil. Where will the balloon go next? #BearWithABalloon #bear #Monster #balloon #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... Happy Friday!! The chase continues!! #BearWithABalloon #bear #bird #balloon #plane #PictureBook #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... Does the balloon have a new home? Hope everyone has an adventurous Saturday!! #BearWithABalloon #KidsBook #bear #bird #nest #plane #balloon #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk
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... Good morning, everybuggy! #HappyThursday #BearWithABalloon #bear #bird #balloon #TreeClimber #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... Oh dear. What will our bear do next? Happy Friday, everybuggy!! #BearWithABalloon #bear #bird #nest #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #Fun
... The chase resumes. Hope everybuggy is having a great weekend! #BearWithABalloon #bear #sailboat #balloon #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #Fun
... He's almost got it! #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #sailboat #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... OH NO!! Lost again. Hope everybuggy is having a happy and safe Memorial Day! Thank you to all who have served and sacrificed to keep us safe. #HappyMemorialDay #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #dolphin #sailboat #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBoo
... Hi, all. Apologies for not posting these last couple days. Life has been over-crazed! We return to the chase. Bear is doing pretty good keeping up with that playful dolphin. Hope y'all are having a fantastic Sunday! #BearWithABalloon #dolphin #scuba
... Hi, all. I'm back to my daily posts, I hope. Here's yer happy Monday post. Our bear is still swimmin'. I wonder if he'll ever catch up?? Have a great day, everybuggy!! #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #dolphin #octopus #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #Pictur
... Uht oh. Have a great Wednesday!! #BearWithABalloon #scuba #dolphin #bear #balloon #OceanExplorer #UnderwaterFolk #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... Happy Thursday, everybuggy!! I wonder where the chase will take our bear next? #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #scuba #dolphin #UnderwaterFolk #OceanExplorer #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #FUN
... Hi, everybuggy. Sorry I haven't posted for a while. Things have been way crazed. When we last left our bear, he was sitting in the ocean, watching the ballon float away. He's followed it to the coastline. I wonder... where will it take him from here
... Happy Thursday, everybuggy! I hope you are having the best day! Our bear is climbing high! #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #MountainGoat #climber #RockClimb #Illustration #ChildrensBook #KidsBook #PictureBook #ChildrensIllustration #PenAndPencil #Pen
Climbing Bear
... Incorporated one of the first drawing I'd done for this project. Changed it slightly to match where our bear is in the story, but it is essentially the same. Hope everybuggy is having an awesome and rad day! #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #climber #
... I hope everybuggy survived Monday. Here's another redraw worked into the story. Last one, I promise. Tomorrow will be something new. #BearWithABalloon #balloon #HotAirBalloon #FlyinHigh #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndIn
... Happy Tuesday, everybuggy. That balloon sure is climbing high!! Thankfully, our bear has the technology to continue the chase. 😃 Hope you have a fabulous day!! #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #spaceship #rocket #RocketBear #moon #earth #Fly
... Happy Friday, everybuggy!! Has our bear finally caught up with the balloon? What will happen next, I wonder? #BearWithABalloon #bear #OuterSpace #spaceship #moon #earth #FlyinHigh #balloon #Illustration #PencilAndInk #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #Pictur
... Happy Wednesday, everybuggy!! Our bear is heading back to Earth with his new friend. YAY!! #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #spaceship #moon #earth #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #Prismacolor
... Happy Sunday, everybuggy!! I'm so proud of our Gilbert bear. He stuck with his dream of a balloon of his very own. He and balloon are great friends!! Way to go Gilbert!! Only one and a half spreads to go and I'll be done with the initial digital vers
... Uht oh. What's going on here? #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #KidsBook #ChildrensPictureBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #FUN
... The balloon family has shown up. Balloon is happy, but poor Gilbert is very sad. 😢 #BearWithABalloon #bear #balloon #KidsBook #ChildrensPictureBook #ChildrensBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #FUN #Illustration
... Having fun working on the bear character. #bear #BearWithABalloon #Illustration #Ink #PenAndPencil
... With shading. What do you think? #BearWithABalloon #bear #TeddyBear #Illustration #Ink #PencilAndInk #PenAndPencil
... Trying to improve my black ink shading skillz. I have a wayz to go, but I'm liking this big wheel design. LOL. #SketchbookFun #Illustration #Ink
... TGIF!!! Here's another in what's now become my "bear with a balloon" series. LOL. #SketchbookFun #bear #Illustration #PenAndPencil #PencilAndInk #BearWithABalloon
... Happy Sunday, everybuggy! #SketchbookFun #Illustration #PenAndPencil #PencilAndInk #BearWithABalloon
... Liking my new "red" sketch pencils. Great suggestion I picked up from @jakeparker (Thanks!) I'll post the inked sketch for this one tomorrow, but it's another in the #BearWithABalloon series. #SketchbookFun #RedPencilSketch #Illustration #bear
... A little Steampunk Saturday for everybuggy. #SketchbookFun #Illustration #PenAndPencil
.. Hope you all have a "beary" good Wednesday!! #SketchbookFun #Illustration #bear #PenAndPencil
... Here's the full sketch. Debating about color. Oh, why not! It'll be FUN!! Happy Tuesday, everybuggy!! #BearWithABalloon #bear #monster #SketchbookFun #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... Here's the colored version using my new Copic pens (which I love!) and my trusty Prismacolor pencils (which I also love!). This was a fun one!! #BearWithABalloon #SketchbookFun #Illustration #PenAndPencil #PencilAndInk #bear #monster #balloon
... Happy Saturday!! The balloon has been taken from the monster. Where will it go next? And what will the bear do? #BearWithABalloon #SketchbookFun #Illustration #PencilAndInk #PenAndPencil #Monster #bird
... Happy Monday, everybuggy! Bear gives chase via tricycle. #BearWithABalloon #Illustration #KidsBook #PencilAndInk #SketchbookFun #bear #tricycle #TeddyBear
... Thumbnails for the #BearWithABalloon book are complete!! This one is going to be a FUN one!!! I can't wait to share more with everybuggy! #KidsBook #Fun #Illustration #SketchbookFun
... WHOO YA, Thursday is HERE!! To give y'all a sense of scale, here's a shot I took at my desk last night. I redrew the monster and bird to make it easier to bring them in, digitally. Having a blast with this project! Have a great day, everybuggy! #Bear
... My first watercolor in a couple decades, I think. (erm... GULP!) Need a background to build from. Figured watercolor would do the trick. It feels a little like Pandora's box, opening up my watercolor box-oh-colors. Also, I'm using my grandmother's bru
... Hope everybuggy is having a good Monday. Here's some detail work fer ya. Poor bear. #BearWithABalloon #bear #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #PictureBook
... Happy Tuesday. More detail work. These baby birds sure are fun to draw. #BearWithABalloon #bird #Illustration #KidsBook #PictureBook #ChildrensBook #PencilAndInk #Fun
... Our bear is resourceful! Have a happy Tuesday, everybuggy! #BearWithABalloon #bear #scuba #dive #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk #FUN
... Happy Monday, everybuggy!! Today, we have detail on some of the underwater folk. Done with pen and Prismacolor pencil. #BearWithABalloon #octopus #Prismacolor #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #SeaLife #OceanFolk #Illustration #PenAndPencil
... More underwater folk detail, today. Hope everybuggy has a fantasticTuesday! #BearWithABalloon #turtle #SeaLife #OceanFolk #KidsBook #PictureBook #ChildrensBook #Illustration #PencilAndInk
... A fabulous Wednesday day to you al!! Here's part of the detail of the sea monster our bear cruises by while in pursuit of the mischievous dolphin. #BearWithABalloon #SeaMonster #SeaLife #OceanFolk #UnderwaterFolk #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook
... Close up detail of scuba bear. He's SO FUN to draw! I hope your day turns out to be far better than anticipated, no matter where you are and what you are doing. #BearWithABalloon #bear #scuba #OceanExplorer #KidsBook #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #Il
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Telescope Bear
... Happy Tuesday, everybuggy!! Hope you are all having a great week! I'm reworking one of the spreads to improve the story's flow. #BearWithABalloon #bear #SpaceShip #OuterSpace #Claw #KidsBook #KidsArt #ChildrensBook #ChildrensPictureBook #PictureBo
... I'm getting closer!! Reworking a couple middle-of-the-story spreads and finalizing the last couple of spreads. Here's a detail drawing of Gilbert piloting his spaceship. I drew it during lunch. I'm super excited to share this book with you all (ve
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... #Inktober day 22 Did another bear with goggles. Enjoy and hope you have a great Friday!! #Ink #Illustration #Inktober2015 #Bear #Copic #Micron #SketchbookFUN
... It's almost Friday!! Hope everybuggy is having the best week! I've made a lot of progress on finalizing the book. The electronic version will be posted to the usual places very soon! The hard and soft covers are coming in a couple days (crossing fin
... Naughty or nice? Happy Tuesday, everybuggy!! #Bear #HappyHoliday #Illustration #PenAndPencil #Prismacolor
... Hope you are all having a beary good Thursday. #GilbertsGreatHullaballoonChase #bear #Balloon #prismacolor #micron #PencilAndInk #HappyThursday
... Happy Friday, all!! Couple of announcements. First, this coming Tuesday, September 6th, is "World Art Drop" day!! This annual day allows artists to drop some of their art for folks to find. It's a special worldwide surprise. So, YAY!! This sketch