Kids Discover Presidents
September 14th, 2008
An infotoon about checks and balances, and how the president needs to be accountable to many different people.
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Archive for September, 2008
Wind and Solar Power
September 11th, 2008
This image (from Reader’s Digest Books for Children) represents the newer, cleaner energies “knocking on the door” of big oil. To get that grunge look on the door, I pulled out an old baking sheet (yes, we still use it) and scanned the bottom of it. Perfectly icky.
Detail of door
Beeg Reever
September 11th, 2008
I was asked to put together a KIDSBILL for Music Theatre of Wichita, so I decided to try something new. I saw Bryan Ballinger (breadwig.com) doing some cool stuff with Maya, so I tried to replicate it in Adobe Illustrator, eventually winding up in Photoshop for some of the details. I really liked the “onstage” look of it.
What’s the matter?
September 11th, 2008
In July I drew up a few goodies for Kids Discover Matter. This one dealt with with a new type of liquid that is being used as body armor. It supposedly stays in a liquid form until something strikes it, then instantly hardens, then just as quickly turns back into a liquid.
In that same issue we talk about how your weight can change due to gravity (say, Earth vs. Moon) but your mass will still be the same.
