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For four years
I drew and drew until one day they gave me a diploma and I found
myself looking for a job at the bureau of unemployment. Can you
draw?' asked the man peering up at me from behind the desk. I can
draw and draw, I said proudly. And that was the beginning of a
career as a graphic artist for a tradeshow display company in Cincinnati.
I would draw display ideas during the day and at night retreat to
the basement studio to draw on large canvases.
Several art exhibitions and a few career changes later my studio
has moved to New Jersey, to a second floor room with a cathedral
ceiling and large windows. Here I draw and draw and sometimes, just
sometimes, get to do something really cool like a
high-tech mural for the State of Utah or receive the Don
Freeman Grant(SCBWI) to continue work on children's picture
books. I'm now the illustrator of three published picture books: Aunt
Matilda's Almost Boring Party,
A
Child's Guide to Common Household Monsters, and
Eight Wild Nights: A Family Hanukkah Tale.
My recent work has included a unique, patented card design
that has been applied to greeting cards and activity cards for children, and
partnering with my wife, Susan, to develop
(animated stories for kids).
These same stories are also
in an app called Robots on the Moon and you can get the app free from
Amazon
and
GooglePlay).
Susan thinks I'm a big kid and she's probably right. Just
give me a crayon and I'll draw and draw.
Go to www.davidudovic.com
to see more of the artist's work.
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