Iowa City has a children's book festival! I have not attended before, but the Schedule of Events looks super fun and catered towards kids, as it should be. I will have a booth at the Book Fair portion on February 22 from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. With me will be a display of several book cover mock-ups as well as various Shruman merch including stickers and stationery.
Shruman Card Game Update
So far, I have a basic concept for the card design that displays the artwork prominently. It will show the corresponding mushroom common name and scientific name at the bottom. The colors relate to the "utility" of a mushroom: edible, inedible, medicinal, toxic, and so forth. Sets can be built based on utility (color) or variety, which are major appearance-based categorieses like gilled, puffball, bolete, and coral fungi.
I have about 30 new Shrumans to illustrate and a main "action" card that will end the game when overturned. In all, there will be about 50 Shrumans! There is no shortage of fungal varieties and I have thoroughly enjoyed learning about these crazy buggers.
Above are the Shrumans I have so far! Most of these will make it into the final card art.
Fungi Inspiration
In anticipation of the new Shrumans I am designing, here are a few images of some amazing fungi that will make an appearance!
Discount Prints
My print store with INPRNT has my vintage-style Shruman poster along with more of my illustrations. Right now, they have an up-to 40% site-wide discount happening!
