Introducing the Letter "Rito"

... from my Super Alphabet series... soon to be a kids alphabet book.

Introducing the Letter "Kappa"

The next letter in my Super Alphabet series to be published later this year!
-MC

Alpha Ornament

I'm working on doing all the alphabet like this one... so, one down and many more to go...

-Mike

P for Pretty.... or Pink.

Thank you Jeff for the invite. This being my first post, here's a little bit about me.

Originally from Nottingham, but now living in London, I have been a full-time illustrator since September 2006 after graduating from University in Buckinghamshire, England.

My work has been described as retro-modern and has been influenced by mid-century illustrators and artists. I have recently completed work on an alphabet which I hope to get published as a book soon,

I hold my pen in a funny way, but it works just fine for me!

paulthurlby.com

F is for Fix

Here is the next illustration for my children's book-in-progress, Robot Alphabet. This is F is for Fix. You can check out the rest of the illustrations I've done at my website:

http://www.robotalphabet.com

or my personal design site:

http://www.markhammerdesigns.com

E is for Eat

This is my latest illustration in my weekly children's book project I've been working on, titled Robot Alphabet. This is letter E, for Robots Eat. This is actually based on a classic poster from the mid-20th century (the original of which can be seen here). As always, if you're interested in keeping tabs on my progress, you can find my regulary updated blog here. Also, here is a link to my other portfolio site.

D is for Dive

If anybody's been following along with my weekly robot ABC book project, you might have noticed that I missed posting what should have been the letter D last week. That's because my entire family (myself included) was hit by one nasty case of the flu. Well, I'm back from death's door, and this is what would have been week four: Robots Dive. You can check out the rest of my progress at my blog, Robot Alphabet. You can also always check out other work I've done and other news-worthy events at my portfolio site/blog: Mark Hammer Designs.

Robots Cook!

Well, here we are again. This week’s addition to my weekly ABC book project is C is for Cook. I had some debate with my wife on what sort of cook I should be doing. I even briefly flirted with the idea of changing the letter C to Chop and doing a robot sushi chef, but then I started thinking about depicting “hey, kids, it’s fun to play with knives," and decided it was best to return to my original idea. As always, I invite you to check out my regularly updated blog Robot Alphabet to track my progress on my book. You can also check out my portfolio site and other blog here.

Mark

B is for Blast-Off!

Hey everyone, it's week two and my Robot Alphabet book is progressing nicely. If you missed out on my earlier post, the short version is that I am in the process of illustrating my first children's book. Each week I'll be illustrating another letter until I reach the letter Z, after which time I'll be self-publishing the book. Here is B for Blast-off. Hope you like it. If you'd like to track my progress you can always check out my new weekly blog here.

Mark

My personal website

SFG: Science Fiction

Howdy y'all! To put it bluntly, 2007 really sucked for my wife and I. No need to go into details, but just to put it mildly, it seemed like every day brought one more bit of bad luck our way. Through it all, the one thing that was a constant bright spot in our lives was our three-year-old Lucas. So when 2008 began and Lucas asked me to make him a book about robots, that was all the inspiration I needed to try something I've never attempted before, namely, illustrate my first children's book. It's called Robot Alphabet, and I plan on blogging about it on a weekly basis, taking us all the way from A to Z (you can find the site here: http://www.robotalphabet.com/). The fact that this week's challenge involved Sci Fi, made it seem like the perfect time to announce what I'm doing to the world. Every week I'll be adding a new illustration showing the things robots do, starting with this week's entry: Robots Awaken. I'll also be posting sketches, doodles, tutorials, anything and everything that will demonstrate what I'm doing to create this book. When it's all done, I plan on publishing it through Amazon's BookSurge. I hope you check out my new site regularly. This is quite literally a labor of love for me.

robotalphabet.com

My regular website can be found here.

A is for Acorns Cracking

From My Favorite Sounds from A to Z

A is for Artroom

From My Favorite Places A to Z

PYBOT: alphabets

The word this week on another illustration website is "alphabets".

This just about covers the animal kingdom alphabet.
I gratefully acknowledge this guy for his concept. I was going in a totally different direction.