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Kids Discover Presidents

sm00gle — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:30:34 +0000

An infotoon about checks and balances, and how the president needs to be accountable to many different people.

Wind and Solar Power

sm00gle — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:29:10 +0000

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

sm00gle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:20:30 +0000

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?

sm00gle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:03:39 +0000

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.

The name

sm00gle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:44:14 +0000

When my brother and I were little we played a game that had no rules, no physical boundaries, no set time limit, and absolutely no purpose—just a lot of running. My mom just called it dogfoose because it sounded like a made-up word; much like the game itself. This is an image from Fizz, Bubble, & Flash, a great primer on the periodic table for future Einsteins—and kids like me.

An image from FIZZ, BUBBLE & FLASH; Element Explorations and Atom Adventures for Hands-On Science Fun. Anita Brandolini and Michael Kline

At home with mikey

sm00gle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:25:00 +0000

Spend a few minutes with the prince formerly known as artist…