Unfold the Possibilities

Hey hey!

Here's a little video I completed this summer. It was created for a contest held by Amazon.com. I was very lucky to have the opportunity to work with two talented artists; Kit Seaton did a fantastic job reading the narration and Flo Musser composed and performed a wonderful soundtrack. Enjoy!

Unfold the Possibilities from Andy Musser on Vimeo.

The Magical Cat

Howdy Howdy!

Here is an illustration I just finished last weekend. It was made to accompany a story by Gianni Rodari called El Gato Viajero (The Traveling Cat). The Traveling Cat is a fun yarn about a dapper cat that takes a train ride. Accompanying the story are several different endings that the viewer may choose from; my illustration shows the cat as a magician in disguise.



I would like to say a big thank you to Elisa Wikey for giving me the idea of using the geometric shapes as "magic" in the image. It was really a brilliant idea to wrap the shapes around the edges as a subtle border. So thank you very much, Elisa!

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

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This here is my latest illustration. It was made to accompany the classic fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses." In my version, the princesses wait in a swamp as the princes arrive on their floating row boats.

I tried a slightly experimental approach for this piece. After finishing a tight line drawing, I scanned it in to the computer and printed it out on a nice weight drawing paper. The print was then glued to an illustration board and pressed it under some weight. I used a wax paper to protect the surface and felt to absorb the water during the pressing. When I checked the board the next day, the combination of the felt and wax paper had created a wavy pattern in the paper. What a great happy accident!