John Walker has given us a preview of a book-plus-product project he has been working on, due out this fall, for FamilyLife Publishing.  Geared for young children, the package titled, “What God Wants for Christmas,” contains a storybook, a pop up stable scene/backdrop and six figurines along with package art. (more)

John Walker is having an exhibition of paintings, both personal work as well as illustration pieces, at the Downers Grove, IL, Public Library gallery space. The show runs through the month of May. (more)

John Walker created this illustration for use in various B to B collateral pieces for Wheatland Tube. (more)

John Walker gives us a sneak preview of a narrative series of Native American images created for an upcoming magazine for children. Though not officially unveiled, the publisher has been kind enough to allow John to share a few of the paintings ahead of the publication’s debut. (more)

In February The Image Group asked John Walker to create a series of paintings to be used in conjunction with a video presentation titled, "That the World May Know" the latest installment in historian Ray Vander Laan's DVD series. (more)

Publishers’ production schedules have John Walker creating a lot of Christmas themed images this time of year. (more)

John Walker has recently completed work on a new Random House edition of Jonathon Swift’s satiric commentary on human nature, Gulliver’s Travels.  John took a very simple approach to creating the drawings for the book, using nothing more than an HB pencil on Strathmore paper. The finished drawings were then scanned, imported into Photoshop, and saved as PS files for delivery to the client. (more)

John Walker recently completed this illustration for National Geographic’s children’s division for a story about footprints left behind to fossilize and become archeological evidence of the dinosaurs who roamed the Earth. The idea was to show a “slice of life” type of scene, in a way that was both realistic and time period correct, but also colorful and eye catching. (more)