Charlotte and Friends Welcome Fall- A Drawing

I’m just posting an illustration of some characters I made up for  children’s book or greeting card series.  It is a primitive rag doll named Charlotte, with her two friends.  They are her trusting, Scottish terrier (another primitive icon) Toby; and Gunther,  the goose (primitive icon again). Gunther is the sidekick, comical one, who always seems to get into mischief. Toby just kind of sits quietly by and is usually on the receiving end of Gunther’s antics.  Like the straight guy. Charlotte is the  guiding, mother figure and keeps the two in line.

I must say, I have much fun drawing  these pictures and making them have all kinds of neat adventures together.  I just can’t seem to find the right way to market them, I guess.  I have an illustrated story I have done with them, but haven’t put it out there as yet.  I am thinking maybe cute greeting cards or along that line.  But for now, I’ll just see where it takes me. I do have another post about the book I wrote awhile back.

Anyway, for now, I am posting this picture to celebrate Fall, and I will post more to follow.  This will force me to continue to draw this trio and maybe come up with a  marketing idea as I go along.  It can’t hurt, right? Here it is:

 

Charlotte and Friends Welcome Fall

Charlotte and Friends – Another Page

 

Charlotte and Friends

 

Here is another page from the picture book I created titled “Charlotte and Friends Picnic ABC”.  This is a rhyming abc book containing 3 friends packing a picnic basket for their special

outing.  I  plan on sending this out to another publisher again, soon.  I just thought it would be interesting to show you.

This is Charlotte (rag doll), Gunther (goose), and Toby (Scottish Terrier) and this is for the letter “F”.  I feel like Sesame Street!  Hope you like it.:)

An Idea For A Children’s Book

This is also something that I have been planning for awhile.  I have  always wanted to write and illustrate several children’s books.

Some of the ideas were generated just from a series of drawings I had done.  One series was called “Charlotte and Friends”.  

“Charlotte and Friends” was a series of greeting cards I had done that had 3 characters.  It was a country theme which included Charlotte, a motherly primitive rag doll,Gunther, the comical country goose, and Toby, the loyal scottish terrier.  I have a whole book completed titled “Charlotte and Friends Picnic ABC”.  It goes through the alphabet as they pack goodies away in a basket for a picnic.  I have only sent it to one publisher so far, but they sent it back with a rejection letter.  So….it’s off to another publisher.  Try,try again!

Here is the introduction page picture…  :)

Charlotte And Friends