I Work in the Children's Book Field & Happy To Do So!

Guest Blogger

Meet Chiaki Darski!

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I'm Chiaki Darski, an illustrator and designer who lives in San Francisco.

My background is in 2D animation.

I had worked for various animation studios as an assistant animator and character designer for several years.

When my daughter was born, I became a full time mom and part time artist.

The days staying with my baby inspired me and made me realize how wonderful to live in a moment.

Then I started to create stories and illustration based on my everyday life.

All of my illustration is created with hand-carved eraser stamps.

I love the simple shapes and imperfect lines the stamps create.

I also love the hand made quality of the impressions of stamps that are never the same.

My goal is to publish my own children's book!

It takes time and effort to be recognized by publishers and agents, but I believe it will happen if I keep creating artworks and stories with joy.

My home page: chiakisforest.com

My blog: http://chiakisgarden.blogspot.com/

This is our final guest post for the time being.

Thanks to all our guest bloggers for participating.

We really enjoyed reading your posts and getting to meet such great talent.

It was a pleasure having you!

If you'd like to read all previous guest posts click here.

Learning new programs

Whether it's digital or traditional, I love watching other artists at work, don't you? And it's a great way to learn. For example, while I was studying the program , Adobe Illustrator, I found this fun video by youtube user, ZsoltVajda . I wouldn't say it's a tutorial - just fun to watch this piece of art in progress. Plus, the music is great!

If you are looking for in depth tutorials for digital work, my go to place is Lynda.com. Being a visual learner lynda.com in an invaluable resource for me and the subscription fee is reasonable.