TANYAshpakow

The storyboard process at the Applewood Studio never ends....tanya shpakow

Typical Applewood Studio Storyboard Wall

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(If a picture is worth a thousand words, it follows that a thousand pictures can say anything a million times better? Hey, do the math)

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(The harbormaster)

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(The harbormaster)

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(One pretty tough ratty)

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(One pretty tough ratty)

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(A dream of catnip mice)

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(A dream of catnip mice)

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(After the hurricane)

Current project:
ISLAND OF THE SIX-TOED CATS

(After the hurricane)

APPLEWOOD STUDIO MODEL

(His name is Leanie. Cute, eh? Unfortunately, he's a biter-- modeling will do that)

YIKES!

(Same cat, different eyes....)

YIKES!

(Same cat, different eyes....)

cat stuck named Wallflower by Tanya Shpakow

WALLFLOWER

(rough storyboard in production/project slated for 2020)

This sleepy cat is catching a few z's. Can you find another letter "Z'?

CATCHING Z'S

(The Cat Caught the Zzzzs, Manzano Day School)

(More cats!)

A cat and rat illustration by Tanya Shpakow the APPLEWOOD STUDIO

HAT CAT

(More and more cats...)

Picture Book Cat, business Card, TANYA SHPAKOW the Applewood Studio

THE APPLEWOOD STUDIO MASCOT

(The face on our business card)

CATS SING A SONG OF SIX PENCE ILLUSTRATION tanya shpakow THE APPLEWOOD STUDIO

SING A SONG OF SIX PENCE

(Yes, even more cats...)

illustration of cat from a nursery rhyme by tanya shpakow from the applewood studio

The Maid was in the Garden from,
SING A SONG OF SIX PENCE

(Sensing a cat theme, yet?)

emu, model. at the applewood studio. art. photo. tanya shpakow, cats

MRS. EMU

(We encountered the formidable Mrs. Emu during the modeling cattle call for "the Six-pence Gig." She did not land the blackbird job)

Go away! The Applewood Studio is busy.

WELCOME SIGN

(erected after meeting Mrs. Emu)

love story, scratch board, tanya shpakow , the applewood studio, black and whilte , illustration

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PRIEST

(Detail from a spread from the COMPASS HEART project, slated for 2019)

baba, BABA, children's book, tanya shpakow, grandmother, RUSSIAN, BINGO

BROKEN BITS OF WORDS

(Spread from the children's book,

(From BABA, written and illustrated by Tanya Shpakow: published by Alfred A.Knopf, inc.)

BABA A MAGICAL RUSSIAN GRANDMOTHER WITH A KNITTING BAG

BABA

(written and illustrated by Tanya Shpakow, published by Alfred A. Knopf, inc.)

ON THE WAY TO CHRISTMAS

ON THE WAY TO CHRISTMAS

(Written and illustrated by Tanya Shpakow, published by Alfred A. Knopf, inc.)

On the Way To Christmas tanya shpakow

ON THE WAY TO CHRISTMAS

"I don't want this yucky old bear!"

(Written and illustrated by Tanya Shpakow, published by Alfred A. Knopf, inc.)

Walter the bear in a snow bank on Christmas Eve

ON THE WAY TO CHRISTMAS

Spread: How did this bear get himself stuck in a snowbank? (detail)

(Written and illustrated by Tanya Shpakow, published byAlfred A. Knopf, inc

FELAN
Applewood's Most Versatile Dawg-model

The model for Slobberchops character in the project with the working title: CINDERELLA WEARS GLASSES, A STORY OF BLIND LOVE)

FELAN
Applewood's Most Versatile Dawg-model

The model for Slobberchops character in the project with the working title: CINDERELLA WEARS GLASSES, A STORY OF BLIND LOVE)

Slobberchops is the trusty dog friend of Cinderella. He lives at the Applewood Studio.

PRINCE PUFFYPANTS

Future book project inspired by candy-munching kids

BEANIE
(Photoshop has altered Beanie's image from this into the the yarn eating bear image coming up next in the queue.

BEANIE
(Photoshop has altered Beanie's image from this into the the yarn eating bear image coming up next in the queue.

I never really liked that purple sweater anyway.

A three legged cat also called PRIMA Donna escaped from the Hemingway cats

Nine kittens in yarn counting book SCBWI

NINE KNITTERS

(From the counting book project BEDTIME DOZEN)

kittens running wild by TanyaShpakow

TWO AT LARGE

(From counting book project, BEDTIME DOZEN)

Colored Pencil

NORTON CRITICAL EDITION The Scarlet Letter tanya shpakow

THE SCARLET LETTER

written by Nathaniel Hawthorne (book jacket) Norton Critical Editions/
WW Norton & Company

TANYA SHPAKOW

(playing outside of the Applewood Studio in Utah)

TANYA SHPAKOW

(playing outside of the Applewood Studio in Utah)

May 18, 2018