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Here’s a link to a children’s book project, “You Can’t Move an Elephant in One Day” by author Nicolle Brazil that I had the pleasure to illustrate. The book is available on CreateSpace.com and Amazon.com.

You Can't Move an Elephant in One Day book cover

Here’s a recent Christmas card that I designed for one of my college fraternity brothers and his family. I’ve illustrated several of these types of festive caricature holiday cards over the last few years.

Moore_Family_caricature

Christmas card project 2011 © KGJ

Had the opportunity to illustrate some oversized caricatures for my building’s child care center. The shown kids are heading to kindergarten in the Fall.

Oversized caricatures of preschoolers

Oversized caricatures of preschoolers by Kerry G. Johnson

Just learned the Mother’s Day (May 8, 2011) Edition of Harambee Hills, the comic strip I co-created with my wife made the “Editor’s Pick” section on GoComics.com. Thank you editors! http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/home.html?list=choice

Harambee Hills makes Editor's Pick

Harambee Hills makes Editor's Pick

In 2010, I illustrated a comic book inspired by the real-life adventures of the scientist, Nikola Tesla for the American Physical Society for its blog

Kerry with Nikola Tesla

Kerry with Nikola Tesla at Comic Con in 2010

PhysicsCentral: Buzz Blog.

Here’s an original image I created to be used for a party invitation. The woman dressed in red and white, has many sisterly friends and enjoys collecting elephants. I wanted to show the original hand-drawn pencil sketch, along with the finished, computer-generated, Adobe Illustrator (vector) version.Red

Color Me Physics is a series of books that I illustrated and published by PhysicsCentral.com created with the goal of introducing children to physics is a fun and exciting way.

In addition, to the popular Spectra superhero comic books, PhysicsCentral provides both coloring and games/puzzles books about famous physicists.

Visit this link: http://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/colormephysics/index.cfm

Spectra: Issue #3

Spectra #3 for PhysicsCentral.com

Here’s the third installment of the adventures of the laser-powered superhero Spectra. In this comic that I illustrate for the American Physical Society and PhysicsCentral.com, we see the first appearance of General Leslie J. Relativity, a gruff, distinguished military veteran. When he comes to teach at Spectra’s school everyone becomes curious about his mysterious experiments in his physics laboratory.

All_three_Spectra_Covers

The Spectra comics that I illustrated for PhysicsCentral.com.

http://issuu.com/spectralaser/docs/spectra_no.3_for_meyebook

http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=71002

I had the opportunity to create a huge (2 feet x 6 feet) vertical caricature for the instructors at a local child care center. I know these women well, because my son attended the facility for three years when he was younger. The football player was a staffer who was not there on picture day.

From a recent press write-up:

Kerry G. Johnson: Award-winning cartoonist encourages children to follow their artistic dreams

What does it take to become a successful cartoonist and caricaturist? That was one of the many questions asked of Kerry G. Johnson, an award-winning cartoonist, caricaturist and graphic designer, who spoke recently to a group of children at Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria,Va.

His answer: “You have to practice drawing everyday and never give up on your goal of getting your work published.”

Johnson, of Columbia, Md., was invited to talk to the third- and fourth-graders as part of the church’s Black History Month program. He told them that he began drawing while in kindergarten and knew he was destined to become an artist after winning first place in an art contest.

Several years ago, he and his wife, Tawanda, started the web comic, Harambee Hills on GoComics.com, which features the antics of a suburban African-American family.

“I never thought that I would get paid to be an artist, but happened for me, and it can happen for you,” he said.

 

 

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