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Hello.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just want to
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I love meeting my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The hardest part of my job is working alone day after day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being able to spend time in a school with
hundreds of laughing students is always a joy, and a great way to remember why
I do what I do!<o:p></o:p></div>
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My high-energy presentation focuses on the making of a
book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I start with ideas, sketches and
rough drafts then move onto re-writes and finally to the illustration
process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also do a live drawing demo for
the students, and if there’s time, have the students draw along with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always end with a Q and A so the kids get a
chance to ask me anything they want.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I stress the importance of writing and re-writing over and
over until the work is the best it can be, and let the kids know that even a
“pro” gets things wrong. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have presented in single classrooms and in very large
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I will gladly speak to any age group, but feel that my
presentation is best for K-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
speaking to older students, I essentially do the same talk, but I add more
details, and sometimes discuss the frustrations and difficulties of making
books.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I also have a presentation based on parody.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guide the students through the creation of
modern parodies, discuss the “rules” of parody, and then we write and draw our
own together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also discuss how anyone
can make something funny.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you are interested in a visit, please contact me for
rates and availability. I live in NJ, and have travelled to schools all across
the country. If fees are a concern, I can offer discounted rates if multiple
schools can be booked for visits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope to hear from you!---Mike Rex<o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="mailto:mikerexbooks@gmail.com">mikerexbooks@gmail.com</a></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-88432149005411794422018-08-14T13:01:00.001-07:002018-08-14T13:01:21.673-07:00EAT PETE!I'm very excited to announce that Eat Pete comes out today. I'm very proud of this book, and feel it's the best read-aloud title I've ever created. It's about a monster that wants to eat a little boy named Pete, but Pete just wants a playmate! I hope you get a chance to read it, or pick up a copy from your favorite bookseller.<br />
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-41250927603259199672018-01-01T18:57:00.001-08:002018-01-01T18:57:47.132-08:00Astronaut #25<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-68157859770630171552018-01-01T18:49:00.000-08:002018-01-01T18:53:02.578-08:00Happy New Year! Astronauts #22, #23, #24Wow. I've never gone this long not posting anything new, but over the summer I started posting on Instagram and kinda forgot about this place. I've got some good stuff coming up. A pile of school visits in the coming months, and a new book in September. <br />
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Here's a few recent sketches/ideas for a new book. They also get to be numbers #22, #23, and #24 in my 50 Astronauts series.<br />
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-49259469924597002992017-05-30T08:39:00.001-07:002017-05-30T08:39:13.493-07:00Some more "Saturn Squad"Here's a few more Saturn Squad test drawings. The backgrounds on these three were all everyday objects and places that I photographed and manipulated. The background in the first one is a pile of take-out containers and plastic Solo cups.<br />
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The ground on this one is just some patio pavers in my neighbors' yard. The sky is also from a photo of mine.<br />
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-15091610130094494682017-05-11T20:21:00.002-07:002017-05-11T20:21:39.622-07:00Eat Pete color thoughts...As I had said, I am working on a picture book that I am determined to make look very different than my current work. Here's some simple color ideas that I was pleased with.<br />
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-48248343664152651862017-05-11T20:17:00.000-07:002017-05-11T20:17:15.041-07:00More filthy kids...Another sketch from my "kids living in a dump" story, which is different than my "kids getting out of destroyed city" story. But there's a lot of dirt in both.<br />
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Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-49969851320464702792017-05-09T14:30:00.000-07:002017-05-09T14:30:28.209-07:00Worm "One-Offs"I've been doing these one panel drawings of a new character called Worm. I guess this is a way for me to workshop him, and find his voice. I want to make him brash, and outspoken, but I don't want him to be a jerk. I think the last one is the best.<br />
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Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-9736271210810866712017-04-18T10:23:00.003-07:002017-04-18T10:23:57.119-07:00So happy I can announce this today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-41578274583066297992017-03-18T13:49:00.003-07:002017-03-18T13:49:52.586-07:00Digital sketchesI have a pile of small digital sketches sitting in my computer, so I'm going to try to get them out here over time. The first two are of a bear sitting in the sun, and Frankenduck wandering a haunted forrest. These aren't really for any book projects, just the sort of images I create as I try new techniques out.<br />
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This idea, of a bunch of children getting left behind in a future/fantasy war zone of some kind, is really starting to take shape. It allows me to pursue "post-apocolyptic kid" story, with a reasonable explanation of where the adults are.<br />
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I was going to make this a “Happy New Year” post, but it’s
already January 30, so I guess that boat has sailed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here are a few drawings that I did recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was having a hard time of getting back into
drawing everyday, so someone suggested that I do one “finished” piece of art each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, I’m doing sketches for
two picture books, and outlines and notes for new graphic novel projects, but
these daily drawings gave me the satisfaction of actually completing something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each was done in one sitting that usually lasted
about an hour and a half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
either pencil and watercolor, or ink and watercolor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is nothing digital in them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The images are from a concept I’ve been thinking about a
while…but I often lose enthusiasm for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think it’s an interesting idea, and could make a great story and a
good book, but it’s so different from everything that’s out there, I often
wonder, “why bother?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I just can’t go through all of the work of developing it,
figuring it out, and writing it, only to have editors look at it and say they
don’t know what to do with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or
worse---find an editor who loves it, spend a year on it, then have a marketing
department look at it and say THEY don’t know what to do with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel like I’m entering into a lose/lose
situation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, over the last few months I’ve become paralyzed while
developing new concepts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Believe me, I
have plenty of ideas, but they are all being shut down by doubt and
second-guessing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Happy New Year! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-81592655031487922132016-11-07T18:58:00.002-08:002016-11-07T18:58:52.734-08:00Color choices...A few color variations of the same drawing. Like many others, I feel that the hardest part about working 100% digitally is that the options are limitless.<br />
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-66515714563761272532016-11-05T09:09:00.003-07:002016-11-05T09:11:00.429-07:00More monsters...Like I said, I'm going to try everything I can come up with.<br />
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-78076634701913848632016-10-06T18:12:00.000-07:002016-10-06T18:12:29.553-07:00Textures and colors...I spent some time today looking at Jon Klasson's work trying to figure out what he does with layers, colors and textures. I had this simple sketch in one of my books, and added some color to it using some notions inspired by Klasson. I don't want to learn, or copy, his style, but I want to push my coloring, and I thought his work might lead me in some new directions. Just a note, I did not have any of his work in front of me while doing this, I just went by what I remembered.<div>
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Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-53424356794915912572016-09-20T19:22:00.000-07:002016-09-20T19:24:57.056-07:00Another New Idea...The other project I've been working on the last few months or so is a large, stand-alone graphic novel about a bunch of kids who drop out of society and set up camp at the town dump. Honest. I'm actually pretty excited about it, as it is the sort of "could happen in the real world" type story that I really enjoy. There's no magic or fantasy elements. It's as realistic fictiony as I get.<br />
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Here are a few pages from my sketchbook. The color was added digitally at a later date. I could decipher the text in the sketches, but I think I'll leave it up to you. Most of the writing in my notebooks and sketchbooks is as sloppy and messy as this. I think, in a way, I need to really commit to an idea before I write more carefully. At this stage, the dialog itself is a sketch.<br />
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-2249118103473831692016-09-14T09:15:00.001-07:002016-09-14T09:19:46.693-07:00More Sci-Fi stuff...I spent most of the summer working on a big, odd, sci-fi story that, while I'm excited by it, I'm also unsure about it. After slowly developing it for a few months, it occurred to me that it might not really be for kids. It's not that it's too heady or violent, but I'm just not sure what it says to kids about the lives they live. While it is a story that is meaningful to me, I simply don't know if a young audience would relate to it. And truthfully, I'm not really interested in aiming at at adults. This is a hard one. I'm not sure if I'm going to go forward with it.<br />
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These were two sketches I put together. In the top one I'm really trying to figure out how simple I could go with colors and solid blacks.<br />
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This one is a colored sketchbook page. Some of the stuff, such as the lederhosen dude, just kinda snuck onto the page.<br />
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Finally! Fangbone! premiered today on Disney XD across the US. It will be on every day at 12:30 and 4:30 for the next few weeks. Please take some time and check it out. I'm very proud of it, and I'm thrilled to be able to share it with everyone.<br />
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<br />Michael Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315281579041178721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503827018467920295.post-45610393692224977742016-06-23T08:27:00.000-07:002016-06-23T08:33:31.010-07:00With Any Luck I'll Drive a TruckMy latest book, "With Any Luck, I'll Drive a Truck" is finally out, and it's getting great reviews. It was written by David Friend and published by Nancy Paulsen Books. It's the first book that I've illustrated for another author since 2011.<br />
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Here are four of my favorite drawings from the book. Eventually, I will post some pictures of the process behind them. I'm posting them without the text, so if you want to know what each page says, you'll have to read the book!<br />
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Here are some of the reviews, <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-friend/with-any-luck-ill-drive-a-truck/">Kirkus</a>, <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-399-16956-4">Publisher's Weekly</a>, and the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/02/books/review/02bookshelf-little-kids-big-machines.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fchildrens-books&action=click&contentCollection=review&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=collection&_r=0">New York Times</a>.<br />
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