Chuck dillon

Great news! I won the Highlights for Children Silver Plate award for What's Wrong? Illustration of the year for 2011! A special thank you to everyone at Highlights for this great honor. You really know how to make your illustrators feel appreciated by all of the wonderful things you do for us. Thank you. The illustration was for Highlights' 65th Anniversary issue and featured many of the Highlights' characters. More info about the piece can be found here.

Created for Highlights for Children's "What's Wrong?" back cover feature.

4 Highlights Hidden Pictures for their Eagle Eye publication. These illustrations are accompanied by stores where the viewer needs to find one key hidden object then 14-16 more.

What's Wrong? illustrations for Highlights for Children.

What’s Wrong? Street HockeySeptember 2011Highlights for Children

Highlights' Eagle Eye Hidden PictureHeidi and Zeke

Color — Chuck Dillon

My latest That's Silly! piece for Highlights High Five. It is in the June issue which is available now. Sketches and some roughs are below the final art. Here are the roughs: I liked this last rough (below) but felt the other compositions were easier on the eyes for the younger readers. Below is the first sketch before being revised to suit the art director's request to make it less cluttered and some other minor changes. I was sad to see the stilt walker go but you've got to do what you've…