{"id":2351,"date":"2022-07-06T15:26:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T20:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/?post_type=project&#038;p=2351"},"modified":"2022-08-13T14:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T19:44:41","slug":"little-jimmy","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/project\/little-jimmy\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Jimmy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Karn had a lifelong desire to write a children&#8217;s book and for years he had put down into words a number of stories from his own childhood. Growing up on a farm in Iowa proved to deliver many life lessons that are worth sharing with today&#8217;s generation.\u00a0<em>Little Jimmy&#8217;s Life on the Farm Stories<\/em>, the first installment of Karn&#8217;s published books, was an anthology of three short stories. I believe in the message and moral teachings of each tale, so it was harder to turn this project down. I based the character of Little Jimmy on the author at a younger age and his grandson at the same age. The stories provided several details, so for each of the eighteen illustrations, I produced a series of rough and refined drawings to be approved by the author. For the final images, I utilized traditional analog graphite on paper and then digitized each illustration to add color via Photoshop. I took advantage of some specialized brushes to replicate more traditional illustration mediums.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_BookCover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1081\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_BookCover.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_BookCover-980x546.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_BookCover-480x267.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1081px, 100vw\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_Bunnies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1081\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_Bunnies.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_Bunnies-980x546.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_Bunnies-480x267.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1081px, 100vw\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_ChocBar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1081\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_ChocBar.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_ChocBar-980x546.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_ChocBar-480x267.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1081px, 100vw\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_Cows.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1081\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_Cows.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_Cows-980x546.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.thorenson.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Jimmy_Cows-480x267.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1081px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Karn had a lifelong desire to write a children&#8217;s book and for years he had put down into words a number of stories from his own childhood. 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