Been awhile since I uploaded a drawing from my sketchbook. I have been overdrive mode for the Social Justice Children’s Book Fair over the last few months so its nice to get back in there and draw. No specific outcome, just drawing. Most of these including photo reference Ive collected. RIP to my aunt Anita.
Dig this? Check out Sketchbook pg 6
My sketchbook tour at the beginning of 2024. I will def upload a new one for 2025.
Sunday Afternoon- For Amina’s family, music is medicine. Almost every Sunday , the phones and ipads were put away to do one thing: Music. The rules were: do your chores your homework, play, read, or relax but throw on your favorite music and just chill out. And so Betty listened to an album from vinyl club, Maya practiced scales , and mama just relaxed to her favorite that week.
What is this? Short stories are a way for me to sharpen my skills, to play, to practice, and to stretch out by trying new ideas for stories. In 2010 they started off as a way to practice the format of picture books but I’m interested in other formats now too. My name is Robert Liu-Trujillo and my most recent book is Fresh Juice/ Jugo Fresco published by Lee & Low Books.
Here’s some of my past short stories:
Dig this? Check out my first self published Art Book- 130 pages of sketches, paintings, characters, and more HERE
NEW-This is a new set of prints I started this summer. I started a similar series years ago and I’m happy to pick it nack up. I made these prints to be hung in places where young people can see them. Libraries, offices, classrooms, homes, maybe even community centers. Wherever the place, its meant to be a tool to encourage reading for fun and to learn.
Dig this? Check out these reviews of my book Fresh Juice
This was fun to make. Like the very first “Storytime Print” I made, I really wanted to show a classroom or library setting where children are being read to. This is the 8th one in the series and I hope you dig it. Remember to read to your kids 15 minutes a day if possible.
Dig this? Check out the set of all four “Storytime Prints” 5-8
Dig this? Check out this direct action at Black Rock ptg a mural on the street
When I released the bk trailer for my 1st self pub bk 8 yrs ago I barely used #YouTube, in the past 4 yrs tho, I started 2 have fun w/ it. But, I also want 2 help other artists, students, parents, etc. If ur subscribed 2 my channel, what would u like 2 learn from me?
Dig this? Check out my last Sketchbook Tour since folks really seemed to like it.
Dig this? Check out my last Inspiration board
Ey fam, these are trying times. Real talk as my uncle used to say. Genocide, recession, a culture of individualism over collective. But, I am manifesting more connection, helping one another, connecting, and bringing in enough to feel stable and share that. If you are manifesting something, or want to acknowledge something, this sticker is for you.
Dig this? Check out this sticker I did that says GROW.
Here is a new “story time print” for a series that i’ve been working on for years now. In this one I wanted to show a bunch of teens sitting at a bus stop and a bit of magic as one kid levitates as she’s sharing her book.
Dig this? Check out the first set of “Storytime Prints”
“Moose” amazed everyone who met him; in the alter world and in ours. We thought he’d want to be a god on earth, stop wars, reduce the Richie riches to humble, or throw a rock the size of a house at the sun. But his life force was drained and he got weaker with each passing sunrise. So, we did what any good friends would do, we packed up his things and floated him right out of the Bay. This way, we could find the portal, send him back. He’d be back to tagging his name soon enough, we hoped”.
What is this? Short stories are a way for me to sharpen my skills, to play, to practice, and to stretch out by trying new ideas for stories. In 2010 they started off as a way to practice the format of picture books but I’m interested in middle grade and comics now too. My name is Robert Liu-Trujillo and my most recent book is Fresh Juice published by Lee & Low Books.
Here’s some of my past short stories:
Dig this? Check out my first self published Art Book- 130 pages of sketches, paintings, characters, and more HERE