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....

More Greetings from San Francisco

Heres another experiment with a restricted set of layers and the addition of a texture... not an image I'd have arrived at directly. Will post the actual image this for when I have permission....

Greetings from San Francisco....

Just creating a colour separated version of a new illustration and discovered this interesting layer, looks a bit Chris Ware - like to me...

My 100 Most Interesting Flickr Photos

Painter X

Trying out a demo of Painter X, seems to be a LOT faster than IX and the drawing tools feel like they've improved too.....

Latest experiment

Trying out some tree and bird brushes I just made.....

New York, New York

My little brother has just returned from a trip to New York, with some gifts and lots to tell us....

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Gold Medal

My Gold medal for the Moonbeam Children's Book Award that the Jesus
Storybook Bible won, has arrived! Huzzah! I've never won an actual
medal before....

It's really heavy (solid gold I expect) and came with a ribbon and
everything!

I shall wear it with pride.... all the time.