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Update on The Smallest Griffin
We are working on the final steps of publishing The Smallest Griffin. Final editing! After receiving feedback from editing and beta readers, we are working on the final edit for the writing! Finishing illustrations! There is one chapter left to illustrate. All the other illustrations are finished and scanned in. Formatting decisions have been made! We've chosen the size of the book and the fonts and text size. We do have a Front Cover design, but I am working on a new design
5 days ago1 min read
Dragon Surprise Eggs
I have been making dragon surprise eggs! You purchase an egg and get a surprise dragon inside. Each dragon comes with a description of the dragon. Here is the Dragon Identifier chart... Here is a picture of the dragon eggs all together. I use a 3d printer to print the eggs and then I hand paint them. Inside each Dragon Egg is a clay dragon that I have made. Here is an example. Here are the Dragons at home before they got packed up in their eggs! I am going to add the descript
5 days ago1 min read
Costume Design project
This is the project I submitted for the 4h country fair costume design category. This costume is a mythical creature called a Rubix that I made up, inspired from other mythical animals. It has antlers, the wings of a parrot, and a leopard / fox body. The antlers on the mask are real! The mask is made mainly from cardboard, and has a working jaw. I like making costumes, and 2 years ago, I made a costume of Patches, a character from my book, The Smallest Griffin. Here is a shor
Jul 241 min read
2d Paper Project
This is the project I submitted to the 4h county fair - the 2d paper category. Multi-layered Watercolor Paper Project This project is a multi step process: Pencil sketches of each layer. Go over the pencil with fine tip black sharpie. Paint with watercolor paint. Cut out each layer with scissors and x-acto knife. Stack the layers from the background to front. Cut and paint a frame, and mount the artwork. Here is a short 1 minute timelapse video that shows the drawing, paintin
Jul 241 min read
Koi Dragon
This is my Koi Dragon that I made for the 4h country fair in the Clay category. Here is a video where I discuss the project. Check my Facebook post for more photos of the Koi Dragon and the inspiration piece, and follow me on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14jS6UcRnQt/ Follow me on YouTube for more videos of my artwork and writing process! https://www.youtube.com/@ameliahawk_author Click the following link to see more of my 4h projects.
Jul 241 min read
Behind the Scenes: Griffin Head
Watch this video from my YouTube channel for a look at the making of the griffin head including photos taken during the process. I made the griffin head for the 4h county fair - 3d mixed media art category. Follow me on YouTube for more videos of my artwork and writing process! https://www.youtube.com/@ameliahawk_author Click the link below to see my other 4h projects.
Jul 241 min read
A Search for Freedom: The Story of How Sir Abernethy Lost 2 Birds
(This is the story I submitted to the 4h county fair for Creative Writing.) Sir Abernethy's rare and interesting bird museum had acquired a new acquisition. Sir Abernethy was very happy. The new acquisition was less happy. She was a mandarin duck, and her name was Janet. And she was set on escape. She had one ally, a friend she had made since her arrival: a red kite named Toby, who lived in the cage opposite hers. All day long people would walk down the hallway and peer in
Jul 204 min read
Behind the Scenes: Cover Art for Statue of a Dragon
Amelia is working on cover art for all of her middle grade chapter books. This is because each book will have advertising pages in the back of the book that advertise her other books. So cover art for all of the books must be worked on! Here you can see her working on the cover for her Statue of a Dragon book. The first step in her process is to do multiple small pencil mock-ups and get feedback on which design people like the best. Next, is to do full size pencil sketches. O
Jun 171 min read
Meet Amelia Hawk: Author and Artist
I've Been Writing for as Long as I Can Remember I started putting together books when I was about 4 years old, before I could even write words. I would draw the pictures and then tape the pages together to make a picture book. I would memorize the words to the story and sit with a person and recite the story aloud to them. I've wanted to be a children's book author ever since I discovered what that was, and that is still my dream! Early Experience Selling I started selling my
Jun 112 min read
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