Author: Jean Drayovitch

The tough thing about an illustrated book for children is the storyboard.  Maybe the drawings are a challenge, but trying to create a story with specific interest is tricky.  My philosophy has always included teachable moments with kiddos, and a bit of humor.  Kids learn so much through play, and that gets beat out of…

I am saying over and over “it’s a small town.”  There was a glossy card promoting a Masquerade Ball at “The Standard” and it seemed to be the thing to do this New Year’s Eve.  I gravitated to the details that this party started at 9 p.m., had 3 D.J.s mixing, and all the party…

Children’s books have always been something I would like to do.   My grandmother wrote a book which I never found (learned about that  before the days of internet and have since forgotten the title, sigh)  When I was in the fifth grade I wrote and illustrated a book about an African Lion who was…

Michael, Scott and I seem to have evolved our collaborative creative input into some successful poster designs.  We are not sure where this is going, but we do know that we have a niche for Scott doing the typography, Michael doing the layout and background and I’m doing the pen/ink detail for foreground figure.  This…

The Prow art Studio space at the front corner of the triangular Flatiron building.  Sponsored by Sprint with an emphasis on eco-friendly living, technology and interaction.  The display while we were there included an overhead cascading red paper “sail” with cut out details and a paper creation of the Brooklyn Bridge with mini-red statues of…

It has been three years since I’ve been able to take  a vacation.  Actually longer if you consider that three years ago I took a week off to help a friend with her newborn daughter for “vacation”…sigh.  Maybe kick that time-line back 4 or 5 years to count an 8 month residency in California to…