Dear Max

Love this piece by Israeli artist Yoni Salmon.

Visit his site to see more of his work.

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hungry

Another great one by Brian Taylor.

Stop by his blog to see more of his work.

Max and Moishe

What a lovely contribution from Wayne Harris. I especially like Max in Wayne's interpretation.

Visit his site to see more.

Trading card thing

What a great little tribute from Zach Bellissimo. I like the moments and vignettes, as well as Zach's line work.

Check out his wonderful blog for more.

Where the Wild Things Are

Ana Galvañ does some tremendously beautiful work and I really love her Terrible Yellow Eyes contribution. What wonderful shapes and textures.

See more of her work on her blog.

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Fishing Thing

I greatly enjoy Mike Maihack's work -- writing and illustrating, he does both with a great amount of style and heart. And his Terrible Yellow Eyes contribution is no exception.

Stop by his blog to see (and read) more.

a forest grew

Ward Jenkins is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. He directs, animates, and illustrates. He's a tremendously hard-working and talented fellow. What a great style.

Swing by his blog to see more of his work.

Lonely

(detail)

Coming to you all the way from Mumbai, India, it's Rekha Thorat's wonderful contribution.

Rekha puts together some really charming shapes, line work, and colors.

Stop by her blog to see more.

"You make my heart sing."

Wow! Got to love Niko Geyer's work. It's simply stunning.

Stop by his blog to see more.

"Be Still"

Kevin Ang is no stranger to Terrible Yellow Eyes! And he once again delivers a stunning contribution. What a beautiful moment.

Visit Kevin over at his blog.

and sailed back.

Chuck Groenink's contribution is tragic and wonderful. It's just simply beautiful and heartfelt.

Visit him over at his site.

"The Walls Became the World All Around"

Wow, I really love the line work and subtle grace of this wonderful contribution by Nicole Gustafsson.

Be sure and stop by her blog to see more!

Tourist Thing

Juan Díaz-Faes works with such great shapes. His work always has a fun sense of humor.

Check out his blog to see more.

Wild Thing

Reed Bond puts together such wonderful line work and shapes.

Check out more over at his great blog.

Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty

This is a little bit different contribution to Terrible Yellow Eyes but one that I felt was pretty special and important.

Over on their blog, Isaac (10), Gracie (8), and Lily (6) (with the help of their dad) post their drawings, painting, sculptures -- you name it. These are some pretty awesome kids, just take a minute and you'll see.

They got excited about the Terrible Yellow Eyes project and I was very happy to make an exception and extend these wonderful kids an invitation to contribute.

Flower Thing

I like this piece by Colombian artist Diego López Garcia. The textures and shapes are particularly nice.

Swing by his site to see more of his work.

Blocky Thing

(detail)

What great blocky designs by Benjamin Burch.

See more over at his blog.

"Crown, now!"

Enjoy this contribution by Dave Schlafman.

See more of his work over at his blog.

After the Wild Rumpus

Brittney Lee is one of my all time favorite artists and I simply can't get over how incredibly beautiful her piece is; I mean, it's heartbreaking how beautiful this is.

Visit Brittney over at her blog.

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I hope you'll visit us again next Friday for more of the Terrible.

"Max and the Magic Flute"

I hope you will take a few minutes and really study Rilla Alexander's contribution.

I won't try to explain what all is going on here, Rilla has done a great job of that over on her site.

I do hope you'll take some time and read through her Max and the Magic Flute set and understand what she's saying. It's very touching and beautiful.

Thank you Rilla for creating one of the most thoughful pieces for Terrible Yellow Eyes.

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If I haven't convinced you to click over and read yet, maybe this excerpt will help :

"Maurice Sendak's first passion is music and Mozart has been his "saviour" since he was 16.

He says of "The Magic Flute", his favourite opera, that it "has everything I wish my own work had a scrap of - beauty of shape and design, a comic lowdown vaudeville vitality blended with dark serious truth telling, depth of soul and a generous unjudgemental view of human-kind".

Tamino (with his magic flute) and Papageno (with his bird cage) think he has achieved that in spades.

Be sure and visit Rilla over at her site.

2 Maxes

Wow, I love Jess Smart Smiley's drawings. They are just so charming and fun.

Swing by Jess's blog to see more!

"I spy a Terrible Yellow Eye"

I love the shapes and lines that Kyle T. Webster brings to his work. Just wonderful.

See more Kyle's work over at his site.

"Wild Thing"

This spectacular piece is acrylic on canvas by Shannon Bonatakis. I mean just look at it, it's stunning.

Check out Shannon's blog to see more of her work and scroll down to see the Wild Thing in progress!

Vector Thing

I like Nik Holmes story of how he came to rediscover Where the Wild Things Are almost as much as I like his vector illustration.

"I grew up in a house which never had any books (shocking when I think about it) and when visiting my friends house would love the huge collection his family had. Loving to draw, as all children do, I was especially enamored with Maurice Sendak and the amazing island of Wild Things he created. I would sit and pore over the pages, transfixed, instantly transported away to this magical land. When I bought the book for my own son a few years ago ... I was amazed at how much shorter the book was than I remembered. Sendak had created such an amazing world, and I had been so drawn in, that it had increased in size a hundred fold in my child's minds eye. I felt like I had been on the island myself through night and day, and in and out of weeks."

Visit his site to see more of his work.

Poster Thing

Tad Carpenter does genius work with shapes and textures and makes some pretty awesome posters for bands!

Be sure and check out more of his work at his site.

And a bonus! Check out a great memory for Tad of getting to meet Mr. Sendak!

Through the forest

I like the energy in Kevin Richter's work.

Swing by his blog to see more.

Happy Birthday

Dear Mr. Sendak,

From all of us at Terrible Yellow Eyes, we would like to wish you the happiest of birthdays.

Your stories and pictures have meant more to us then you could ever know. We love your work and we love you.

We hope from the bottom of ours hearts that you enjoy Terrible Yellow Eyes.

Thank you and happy birthday!

Cory Godbey + all of the TYE contributors.

"They're not so terrible."

"They're not so terrible."

Peter deSeve is probably the artist I followed most closely in school, second to only that of Maurice Sendak.

I really can't get over how clever his contribution really is. Thank you Peter.

In his own words,

Thank you, Maurice, for Where the Wild Things Are, and everything else. I hope you have a wonderful birthday.

Warm regards from your former student,

Peter

wild rumpus

Man, I love this contribution by Meg Hunt, the way she puts things together boggles the mind. I love her color choices and shapes too.

Visit Meg over at her blog.

wild things

Robin Joseph is one of my favorite artists. His work is more amazing that I could get across in a sentence or two.

I mean really, it's like an intensely wonderful punch in the drawing arm every time I visit his blog.

wild and instrumental

Here's my original watercolor for today, and my final piece for the project. It was one of the first ideas I had when I decided to put Terrible Yellow Eyes together. I hope you'll enjoy it.

You can see more as well as the drawing and original idea over at my blog.

giant yellow eyes

It's just wonderful, there's not many other better words for it. Thanks to Clay Sisk!

Stop by his site to see more of his work.

without blinking

Coming to you all the way from The Netherlands, it's Robert van Raffe's wonderful Terrible Yellow Eyes!

Visit Robert over at his site.

private boat for max

Renato Faccini does some terribly beautiful digital collages. I don't know how but with every single piece he out does himself.

Check around his flickr and see the beautiful sketch for this piece.

"I'll eat you up!"

Chris Eliopoulos does some of the most fun work imaginable.

Swing by his site to see more.

Wild snail race

In his own words, "I simply wanted to portray the feelings I had as a kid when I read this book. There was something magnetic about these characters, those images and this story. Something that just wouldn't leave you. Even when you were out living your life, somehow this story sticks in your heart. Those moments spent having fun with your best friends, without a care in the world is what life is all about. To me, that's what Where the Wild Things Are precisely is."

See more of Darren's work at his site.

Max

And another! A wonderful little drawing of Max.

more magic tricks

A great piece by Eli Minaya. Love his line work.

Swing by his blog to see more.

wild world

Love the work of Bill Robinson. What wonderful characters he does!

See more over at his blog (also a high-res desktop image of this piece!)

rolled their terrible eyes

I love the great, luminous eyes in particular of this piece by Mike Daley.

Visit Mike over at his site.

terrible yellow eyes...closed

I've got to say, I'm pretty fond of this little treasure by Ben Wood. Coming to you all the way from Australia!

Visit Ben at his blog.

gouache thing

Enjoy this gouache and watercolor (with some pastels) piece from Dalton Webb.

See more of his work at his site.

roared terrible roars

This contribution by Benjamin Jelter is pretty terrifying in all the right ways.

Swing by Ben's blog to see more.

King

Man, I love the feeling of this piece by Barnaby Ward. The line work is just so great.

Stop by Barnaby's blog and see more of his awesome work.

"By Max"

I really like this piece by Katie Smith, it just has such a charming and wonderfully tactile feel to it.

Stop by Katie's blog to see more of her works.

Wild pattern

Allie Biondi gets all the elements right in this pattern of Where the Wild Things Are. I love the inclusion of supper in the middle left. And the Water Thing.

See more of Allie's delightful works at her site.

Walls became the world

Erin McGuire does such beautiful and amazing work and her Terrible Yellow Eyes piece is no exception. This is one of my favorite moments from the book and I love how Erin interpreted it.

Stop by Erin's site to see more.