15-05-08 Sketches

14-05-08 Pirate Painting

11-05-08 Head Painting 02

10-05-08 Sketches

09-05-08 WIP Sketch/Painting

A work in progress....

08-05-08 Head Painting

Drawn in pencil, painted Painter, finished in Photoshop.

Happy Birthday Anthea

It was my gran's 80th birthday on Wednesday, so we had a big family get together today, 25 or so family members, from Anthea (80 years) to Lily Peach (21 months). My cousin Charlie made a cake with 80 candles... here's the video of them....


Anthea's 80th Birthday Party - Cake with 80 Candles! from Jago Silver on Vimeo.

Here's the card I made her:

New sketches, and improved scans of older ones

22-04-08 Sketchbook

Here's a couple more pages from the handmade sketchbook.....




.... well sort of, I photographed a blank spread of the book and drew on them in Painter....

New sketchbook

I've made myself a sketchbook out of some old paper I've been storing for some time....

16-04-08 Daily Sketches

15-04-08 Daily sketch

10-04-08 Today's Sketches

06-04-08 Daily Painting

Today's painting....

05-04-08 and now it's a painting...

05-04-08 - More versions

Some more variations....

Quick Sketch 05-04-08

Painter X - Liquid Ink, coarse bristle

Christianity Today Reviews Jesus Storybook Bible

Christianity Today Magazine have reviewed The Jesus Storybook Bible and they love it! They say nice things about my illustrations too, here's an excerpt:

The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name disproves the adage that you can't judge a book by its cover.

Jago's award-winning cover art is a foretaste of the whimsically insightful and richly colored drawings that await you on every one of the book's 351 pages. The illustrations alone are worth the price of the book.

Did you ever wonder what Jacob's face looked like the morning after his wedding night, when he woke up in bed with a different woman than the one he thought he had married — Leah instead of Rachel? Jago did, and what he imagined and drew made me laugh out loud.

Jago the illustrator, and Sally Lloyd-Jones the author, are a good pair.....

Read the full review here.

John Scieszka - National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

One of my favourite authors, John Scieszka has been named the Library of Congress's first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Listen to a short interview with him, where he also mentions that his his newest book is the first book in a planned series of 50!

Cover sketches

Here's some cover sketches for my latest book, which is nearing completion....