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John Deininger: Seattle, Washington, United States; Welcome friends - and thanks for visiting! Please, help yourself to the cat treats and fresh milk...I hope you like the words and pictures, too.

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Represented by Rubin Pfeffer, East West Literary Agency

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Copyright 2012 © all images and stories created by John Deininger

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email: jedeininger@msn.com

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206-930-8507

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3005 NW Esplanade
Seattle Wa 98117

Blog Archive

Great Children's Book Sites

Vintage Children's Books My Kid Loves
Publisher's Weekly: Children's Books
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
American Indians In Children's Books
Book-By-Its-Cover

Gnarly Library Sites

The Library of Congress: Today in History
American Library Association
School Library Journal (blog)
Librarian.net

Inspiration

Adam Rex
Alain Gree
Alexis Deacon (sketches)
Alice Provensen
Amanda Sartor
Annie Look
Ben Clanton
Bill Peet
Cakespy (Jessie Oleson)
Celia Marie Baker
Chris Buzelli
Craig Orback
Didzis Beitlers
Genevieve Godbout
Greg Ruth
Hethe Srodawa
Isaac Villenueva
James Gurney
James Paick
Jamie Temairik
Jeff Mack
Jennifer Mann
Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson
Justin Gerard
Kelly Light
Kevan Atteberry
Lisbeth Zwerger (bio + booklist)
Marc Boutavant
Mo Willems
Peter McCarty
Scott Fischer
Shaun Tan
Sign & Wonders Photostream
Tim Darragh

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Blogs I Follow

Drawn Today

Cloverfield Monster - A different take on the space monster idea from Cloverfield. I am still not 100%ly happy with her legs, so I might gonna go back to it with a fresh eye ne...
1 hour ago
ricky animation

Digital Caricatures! - I started a job as a Digital Caricature Artist at the Beverly Center Mall in Beverly Hills, Ca. Pretty much, my team and I are promoting the new Samsung G...
16 hours ago
Chinook Update

Find a Trusted Reader for Your Middle-Grade Novel - Writing the middle-grade novel means writing in that fine line between the mind of a child and the uncharted territory of an adolescent. At the Whole Novel...
1 day ago
ijustdraw

test post 2 - This is my second test post . I'm using the new blogger interface.
1 day ago
SPACE STATION NATHAN

Taco Hell Drive Thru Part 2-18 - Have a good weekend! Also, I discovered a sad truth about myself and this blog. If I post a non-story post that says a story post will come later that day...
1 day ago
Paul Schmid studio

newsy morning - Some news and notes that have been piling up while I have been having too much fun drawing young Oliver (above) and some of his friends. Katie Davis's new...
2 days ago
Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers

Michael Ian Black and I'M BORED - [image: BoredJournalHeader v4flat 800] I've updated the I'M BORED Scrapbook with a post about author Michael Ian Black. As I've mentioned before, I've be...
2 days ago
Bonnie Branson Illustration

All Together Now! - * * (click to enlarge) The Marquis pet " Monsieur Alligator," Mozart's pet skylark: "Diva," and Josephine Bonaparte's beloved "Fortune."
2 days ago
E is for Erik

Congratulations! - My comic tribute to Liberty Bell High Schools excellent showing at the Washington State High School Wrestling Tournament :)
3 days ago
Alice Pope's SCBWI Children's Market Blog

World Read Aloud Day: An Interview With Dianne de Las Casas - SCBWI is teaming up with Lit World to help make World Read Aloud Day a transformative event! Worldwide at least 793 million people remain illiterate. As...
3 days ago
Joebot

Gallery 1988 - "Is This Thing On? 2: The Weird Year" - This is going to be awesome! I love stand-up comedy. My parents had a great vinyl record collection, so as a kid I got to listen to some great comedy reco...
3 days ago
Duksis3D

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4 days ago
The Sketchables

Diandra-Winter? What's That? - I think most of the South missed Winter this year. I have to say, I was sad to not see it. It's one thing that makes me forget the triple digit summers w...
4 days ago
Carolyn Dee Flores - Et Tu Journal

Austin SCBWI Conference 2012 -
5 days ago
Kjersten Anna Hayes: Collage Clips

New Art - I've been busy in the studio, making new art and getting a portfolio ready for a conference that takes place not too long after I return to the USA in a fe...
5 days ago
Picture Book Marathon

A Confession - This "low-key" version of the Picture Book Marathon isn't captivating me like the full-on PB marathons of past years. In fact, I will be lucky to complete...
1 week ago
Craig Orback Illustration

Mount Rushmore revisited - In honor of President's Day I decided to revisit the subject of Mount Rushmore with a series of new paintings. Last year I completed one painting of the mo...
1 week ago
Elephanta

Sequencing - *If you've followed along on here, you may remember *the "Preparing For Slumber" B&W piece I did a little while ago? It was just a sketch that I had ended ...
1 week ago
you're just jealous

and speaking of Hawaii - I put a bunch of photos up from our wonderful visit to sunshine. Check 'em out here.... (We've been other places too.)
2 weeks ago
Richard Jesse Watson: My Inner Zoo

Gifts From Deep Dark Space - I hear my mother, *"You never know from where you sit, who from the balcony is going to spit". *This always rang true to me, the boy, and I still never s...
2 weeks ago
Jeremy Geddes

Cluster - Sold Out - Cluster, both regular and large prints, have sold out, thanks to everyone who bought one. We're sorry for those who missed out, we weren't expecting Cluste...
2 weeks ago
Priscilla Burris

- Kelly froze. She'd been saving her chewed bubblegum for so long just for today and now it looks like there'll be red hairs all over her collection. Just...
3 weeks ago
1,000 Paintings

Palouse Road - Palouse Road. ©2012 Lisa McShane. Oil on Linen. 36" x 50".I always have a painting of a road in progress in my studio. Now that this one is done, I'll be s...
3 weeks ago
Pretty Good for a Girl...

NY SCBWI Conference - I don't know if I'll write a recap about the NY SCBWI Winter conference. I just want to say that what a treat it is to meet people in person after getting ...
3 weeks ago
The Official SCBWI Conference Blog

My Experience At The Conference: Helaine Becker - Thanks, Helaine!
4 weeks ago
Adventures in Making

- (Tutorial Here...) I want like 15.... but I will never get around to making them myself.
4 weeks ago
a.m.sartor illustration

drawin' nakid people - But mostly just their heads. I've been really into portraits lately.
4 weeks ago
The Land of Eurayo

America, America - After attending two IMCs and being exposed to so many influential names from the history of American illustration there, it was both informative and inspi...
5 weeks ago
connie gabbert

Love is a Thread - Had fun working on this T-shirt design for the Justice Conference.
5 weeks ago
ripple

Ripple thru Clean Water - " "Drink" by Rob Risek - available! "Art for Water is a non-profit campaign to aid water charities in bringing clean and safe drinking water to the almost ...
2 months ago
The Drawing Board

Reference - Do you use reference when you're painting? I mean, photographic reference, physical reference (such as collected items, knick-knacks, objects that have the...
9 months ago

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