May Update

I updated my website last week with the work I did during the last few months. I also made a few changes in an attempt to make my site run better. I took out the sketchbook section and removed some of the work in the portfolios. I'm hoping that with fewer images to load it might load faster. I'd appreciate some feedback if anyone is having trouble viewing my site.

When I first made my website a few years ago, I used to view it on different computers to see how the site looked from one monitor to the next. I hadn't done that in a long time. The other night I glanced at my husband's computer screen as he was looking at my site and I was appalled. The colours were drastically different on his screen compared to mine. On my computer screen, my illustrations look pretty much the way they're supposed to, but on his they were dark and the colours were acidic. I guess there's not really anything I can do about that (is there?). I just hope most people who view my site have monitors like mine.

With a Cherry on Top

©2008 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

I'm donating this piece to the Art Attack live auction at the Alberta college of Art and Design on June 6th.

Housing Guide cover

Here's the final of the Saskatoon Housing Guide cover. The space at the top and bottom is for text.



I also did a black and white line version to use as a spot drawing on the inside.

Housing Guide sketch

In April I illustrated a cover for the Saskatoon Housing Guide. This is the sketch. It was art directed by Michelle Boulton.

Too cute not to share

Bubble Gum Girl

©2008 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

Some painting process...

Frump Boy

©2008 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

Here's some of my painting process:










I'll post Bubble Gum Girl tomorrow.

Sketches for children's poetry

A while back I was commissioned to make a couple of illustrations based on some children's poetry by Valerie Bean. These are the final sketches for those illustrations. The first poem is about a little boy who likes to squeeze noses and say "frump!" The second poem is about a little girl who blows a really big bubble and it lifts her up into the sky.


©2008 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli


©2008 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

Aaron James album

©2008

Aaron James is Aron James Sorensen, the guy who wrote, directed and produced the film Hank Williams First Nation. It was an independent film made in Alberta that did pretty well in 2005. He was a singer before deciding to try his hand at film making and recently decided to put out an album. His music is kind of a mix of folk and country. If you're interested, you can hear the tracks on his MySpace page.

This album design was for a digipak so instead of fitting into a jewel case the design is printed on heavy card and a clear cd tray is glued onto the inside right panel. I haven't seen a printed one yet, but Aaron has them and said they look good.

back/spine/front:

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inside left panel/inside right panel:

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disk:

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Sketches/process for Aron James album

I started working on an album design for Aaron James in October of 2007. Aaron wasn't sure about what he wanted so I did a ton of sketches in the beginning trying to come up with something he'd like. It took a while, and we even changed directions at one point, but he eventually decided that he wanted a suitcase on the front of his album.

Here are some of the variations on that theme which I sent him:

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Although he didn't end up choosing this version, I still liked it and painted it for the Calgary Crime Stoppers Gala silent auction (the final was posted on March 14/08).

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He ended up preferring a more straight foreward suitcase. This is the sketch we went with:

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I'll post the finals tomorrow.