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The Kaz Windness Blog

Children's Book Art, Writing, Books, and Advice

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Kaz Windness is a published author and illustrator specializing in cute and creepy characters and spooky humor for kids of all ages. Portfolio website: www.WindnessBooks.com

Postcard Mailer Update & Trick

Right now (June 2020), no Art Directors are getting postcards due to Covid-19 and working from home. Many of them are looking for postcard posts on social media, however, so take advantage of that! When you do go to mailing... Continue Reading →

How to Price your Illustrations

Struggling with how to price and invoice your work-for-hire illustrations? Learn how in my new video! https://youtu.be/94z8l2cJyDQ If you need a transcript, feel free to email me at windnessbooks@gmail.com

Bee Yourself

Sticker coming through the Weirdness Sticker Club! https://www.patreon.com/kazweirdness Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/48090237?asc=u Video Demo: https://youtu.be/8Fgx2i_AHj8

Weirdness Sticker Club!

Due to popular demand, I've just launched the Weirdness Sticker Club! For just $5/month you can get two stickers featuring new designs each month. Click here to join my Patreon and get your stickers! https://www.patreon.com/kazweirdness Here are just a few... Continue Reading →

Stabby in Captivity

Here's a new Stabby art parody based on the famous tapestry. Scroll down for the outline version, made especially for printing and coloring. Enjoy and share your results!

What is Narrative Illustration?

One of my children's book illustration students (Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design) just asked me to explain what I meant by "narrative." Here is the explanation I gave her and something I thought worth sharing. By narrative, I... Continue Reading →

Tiger King Art

While we're stuck in quarantine, I caved and turned on Netflix's Tiger King, and eight hours later I looked up and will never be the same. To help process it out (or in, I'm not sure), I made Joe Exotic... Continue Reading →

Mother Goth Reads her Creepy Poems!

While we're all cooped up inside because of the Covid-19 Virus, I thought I'd make a storytime video for folks with a creepier aesthetic. Here are a selection of poems from "Mother Goth Rhymes" (Hermes Press, 2019) http://www.MotherGothRhymes.com https://youtu.be/Wh31-_G2D4s

Hand Drawing Tutorial

Visit http://www.KazWeirdness.com for more YouTube tutorials and illustrator interviews! https://youtu.be/tLK7taaTrgU

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