Details from Sleepytime Me written by Edith Fine, published by Random House. Detail from Sleepytime Me illustrated by Christopher Deni...

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Following up on yesterdays post regarding digital vs. traditional work and texture. This image is a detail from my most recently publishe...

current book project detail A detail from my current project. I’ve really loved having the excuse to go back and really study the line w...

Pretty incredible moon when I left the studio last night.  art from Sleepytime Me , written by Edith Fine, Random House  #ed...

Catching up on some posts that never made it to my blog! A quick little account of a recent school visit and a fun link to the now famous ...

An in-process screen shot from a book that I finished up recently.Groundhug Day by Anne Marie Pace. Look for it this winter.

Another installment from my "belated" post series! You can always check my Illustrator page (Christopher Denise Illustrator)  on ...

As you can see, I work quite quickly. Any given piece usually takes about 30 seconds. From "Lucy's Lovey" by Betsey Devany. Fr...

This is part two of a short series of posts about the development of my most recent book, Firefly Hollow written by Alison McGhee. S...

Back on November on November 18th, I posted a sketch from the work on my desk that day.  I just remembered that I planned to share a glim...

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A sneak peak of the current project! See my post from December 2nd to see a screen shot of this piece in an earlier stage. Blogger still s...

Different approach with this book. Working up the drawings in charcoal (digital) and layering in color. The designer and I were looking f...

I have been updating my professional facebook page, Christopher Denise Illustrator, but keep putting off updating my blog so I may try a new...

KIRKUS REVIEW A rollicking, rhyming salute to the grandmother-grandchild bond. Three independent, bundled-up young bears set off a...

Final cover for Sleepytime Me by Edith Hope Fine The cover for my most recent book, Sleepytime Me by Edith Hope Fine, came together ve...

In January I gave a series of talk at Kindling Words east and can now share a bit of what I talked about during the breakout sessions w...

Classically inspired digital pastels. Like the days of Redwall without all the dust!

Back at Halloween I promised a few more images from an Egyptian underworld film pitch that I worked on. The film was never made but I th...