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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · 15d

Lowland Snoot. Summer phase. Known for its comical bark-roar and legendary tracking ability thanks to its distinctive snout.

Yeah, I have no idea what I’m doing guys. I’m supposed to be putting together a kid lit portfolio, but I just wanna draw critters and ink them. Help.

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hi all, happy kid lit postcard day! Currently open to work. Picture books, middle grade and graphic novels. Represented by @shannonassociates

#kidlitpostcard #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #picturebookillustration l

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sage meets the woof named “WOOF” - a couple panels from the graphic novel.

#graphicnovel #indiecomic #characterdesign #kidlit #kidlitillustration

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jul 24

Oh! Yeah I think I only posted that on Instagram a while back before I got better at posting other places too. Thank you 😊!

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jul 23

Something I’ve been sending out recently, some compiled images for potential clients to get an idea of the work I do…

#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jul 16

Finally getting around to coloring this Samurai Squatch story. Though the pitch didn’t really go anywhere, I’m glad I’ll still have a chance to tell the story (albeit a much shorter version). More on that coming soon.
#indiecomics #sasquatch #kidlit #kidlitart #comicsforkids

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jul 11

Sage and Woof searching the Wilder forests for rare and legendary wildlife. Gotta add them to her field journal!

#picturebooks #graphicnovelsforkids #indiecomics

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 27

The heroes heading out on their great big adventure. Trying to channel my “inner Jeff Smith” (Bone/Rasl/Tuki) with the inking. I love traditional inking, mistakes and all. Coming back to it after all these years makes me feel more like myself, if that makes any sense.

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 26

Hey it’s SeerCat and his pal Chirp! Another one for the picture book portfolio.

#characterdesign #kidlitillustration #kidlit

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 24

A post from a few years back, I still feel like I was onto something here…

#kidlitart, #kidlitillustration,

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 23

Another whiny post, inspired by navigating the treacherous waters of a freelance career. I promise future newsletters to be much more enlightening…

brianharoldtaylor.substack.com/p/what-you-w...

What You Want vs. What the Market NEEDS

Currently I’m caught between what I want to do and what the market needs. Anyone else?

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 23

Heads. What I draw when I don’t know what to draw. Sketchbook practice. I say “sketchbook”, but I actually mean “stack of 8 1/2 x 11 paper”. I’ve never been able to make sketchbooks work for me; I dunno, I’m weird.

#characterdesign #sketching #colerasepencil

Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 19

SeerCat character design. Cole-erase and paper, getting back to the basics.

#characterdesign

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 16

Decided to ink this dude, my take on a TMNT. These guys got me into drawing comics back in middle school. Also, I’ve been loving using a brush these days. Brush pens are close, but nothing beats the real thing!

#characterdesign #tmnt #raphael #ninjaturtle #inkingcomics

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 6

Digitally inking one of my Samurai Squatch comic pages with some custom brushes I’ve made. They were created using actual India ink textures. I wanted to emulate actual ink brush work as closely as possible. Also listening to the great @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social !

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 4

Finally finished this guy for THE WILDER character design lineup. Trying to give this whole comic a bit of a whimsical feel in the design. Three adventurers out searching the forests for “wilder critters” of every shape and size.

#characterdesign #kidlit #indiecomics

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 2

Inking a character design for the Huntsman using a brush from my Storyteller BrushPack in Procreate.
#inkingcomics #characterdesign

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · May 30

Turns out Samurai Squatch loves video games. A panel from my middle grade graphic novel pitch.

#graphicnovel #kidlit

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · May 29

Inking comics in Procreate with brushes from my Storyteller Brush Pack I’ve been working on lately. I hope to have it available for others soon.

Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · May 29

I never really had the dream to work for (fill in the blank) studio. I’ve always kinda just wanted to do my own thing. Tell my OWN stories. That’s what motivates me. Take that away, and work becomes dull. That’s why I keep doing COMICS. It’s the one medium where you can just make your thing.

Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · May 28

Sage & Woof - character designs for a #kidlit graphic novel project I’ve wanted to do for years. Continuing to document my progress on this.
#indiecomics #characterdesign

Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · May 27

WIP. Back to work on my “fantastical field guide” comic. Pushing character designs to be more like an animated cartoon for the middle grade crowd. It also makes them faster to draw, since I don’t have a great deal of time for comic drawing these days.
#characterdesign #kidlit #indiecomics

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · May 22

A bit from the pitch I wrote for Samurai Squatch. I can’t share all of it, but figured I could at least show this. Moving on now to new projects while I wait to hear any news. #comics #indiecomics #sasquatch

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · May 19

New Graphic Novel pitch going out to publishers starting today! Fingers crossed. Lemme know if you or your kids might dig some samurai squatch heroics & tomfoolery!

#samurai #sasquatch #bigfoot #indiecomics #kidlit #comicsforkids #middlegradebooks

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Brian Harold Taylor @brianharoldtaylor.bsky.social · May 16

Another design from the Samurai Squatch middle-grade graphic novel pitch…GREAT WHITE the Gugwe, the nemesis of Samurai Squatch. Inked with a brush from my upcoming Storyteller’s BrushPack.

#indiecomics #comicsforkids #graphicnovelsforkids #kidlit #characterdesign

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