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Jud Sharp
Telling Stories in Words and Pictures
![More Than a Whizzzzzzz.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_65ece3c45de14a6b8e9e6d9ad6fede6e~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_10045,y_1508,w_1909,h_2175/fill/w_152,h_173,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/More%20Than%20a%20Whizzzzzzz.jpg)
Telling stories in Illustrations
In general this is work created when there is a text involved. This is a somewhat newer focus of my work. I am particularly enjoying and am excited by the challenge of designing artwork focused on portraying and enhancing a particular story.
I also included works without an existing text, but share in the visual style.
In either case, I'm tapping into a different language of my art, as opposed to the section called "Paintings", in which the pure visual language supersedes the narrative form.
Images from "The Shadows We Share"
![Shadows062.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_23a61475b5c94c0ba981159c2ff550f4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_227,h_326,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Shadows062.png)
![Shadows017.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_61cd4834314f4f2cac5d26fdd5355d61~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_460,h_290,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Shadows017.png)
![Shadows027.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_9af6e70019d24d018a29e491bd88a93b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_230,h_326,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Shadows027.png)
Images from Future Sci Fi Picture Book
![Dummy 1.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_75c6a57f4c174415970b2893dbe49e36~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_131,y_218,w_6583,h_4729/fill/w_79,h_57,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Dummy%201.jpg)
![More Than a Whizzzzzzz.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_65ece3c45de14a6b8e9e6d9ad6fede6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_105,h_39,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/More%20Than%20a%20Whizzzzzzz.jpg)
Images for Future History of Science Book
![illustration Aristotle explores the mind](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_08bafeb7ca5a4a28bc8ee481965469a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_122,h_59,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/illustration%20Aristotle%20explores%20the%20mind.jpg)
![illustration Aristotle studies the anima](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_8c6cff7694c5444bbd5b87fea2597f62~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_511,y_778,w_9778,h_5643/fill/w_103,h_60,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/illustration%20Aristotle%20studies%20the%20anima.jpg)
![illustration Einstein thinks about the u](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_cd380303588141bb8103fca4206ff288~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_27,y_62,w_738,h_451/fill/w_122,h_75,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/illustration%20Einstein%20thinks%20about%20the%20u.jpg)
Image for "I Once Made an Elephant Appear"
![animals.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_4bed4114f3174e768c7ad0855b192eb9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_108,h_67,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/animals.jpg)
Other Assorted Illustrations
![Glo-Ball Productions (2).jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_81e4f708e3e1481fa9e2f3f3679069ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_76,h_65,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Glo-Ball%20Productions%20(2).jpg)
My occasional logo
![Owl Woman.bmp](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_3691a01fe2804309b6823ee3927b51ee~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_86,h_127,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Owl%20Woman_bmp.png)
![Monk%26Serpent_edited.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_a978ef46244d4549b2fb80593d66cf20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_118,h_103,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Monk%2526Serpent_edited.jpg)
The Serpent and the Monk
Owl Woman
![elephant costume sketch.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_92d39abe47b643268e2296e01ae587fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_76,h_126,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/elephant%20costume%20sketch.jpg)
Elephant Suit
![Hippo illus only 2.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_1ae905d7b2844b4a8bc6071c965ea928~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_159,y_0,w_1328,h_2279/fill/w_94,h_161,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Hippo%20illus%20only%202.jpg)
![secretive fish sketch.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_fd21f143cb8346b1a6047e7bc66555f2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_116,h_92,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/secretive%20fish%20sketch.jpg)
Fish sketch in carousel
![brocure unused design.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_7df74e91ab7b4bb5a116fe4e29519372~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_91,h_111,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/brocure%20unused%20design.jpg)
Pamphlet design 1995
Sketch for poem, "Hippopotamus"
![Toast of the Town 2.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/82dde0_9ae9b73e197d4e17b49332f5f75e9361~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_98,h_77,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Toast%20of%20the%20Town%202.jpg)
Illustration for "Life A' La Carte" by Michael Guerrin (unpublished)
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