When Toddlers Art Direct

In a play on the idea of "my kid could do that", I wondered what would happen if - instead of painting or drawing - I allowed my kid to art direct some projects. Given that the child in question was only 17 months old during the sketch phase of the project, communication was difficult at times. I was working for a client with a very limited vocabulary. She bellowed the requirements of the illustration: "Star!", "Bear!", "Glasses!". The final sketch was such a hit, I made a gocco print of it as notecards.

The next project involves "WOOF!", "Hat!" and "Oh!!". I will probably be up all night trying to meet the next deadline. It was a fun exercise because I entered a very sunny and silly world that my work does not usually inhabit. How fun to giggle instead of cackling while drawing.

Glam Bear will be debuting on in my etsy shop amantha.etsy.com. Do visit.