Cover ideas for Santa
book promotion, illustration processA bunch of sketches for The Year Without A Santa Claus jacket art. In the first few I was trying to summarize the story: Santa is too tired and cranky to deliver presents this year. They don't work well because they don't look fun. Jim…
Color scripts
illustration processPainting a 32-page picture book is a huge time-consuming project. When you've been coloring the same scenery and characters for 2 or 3 months the charm wears off. This is dangerous, because it's important for each image in the book to look…
Turkey hoe-down
book promotion, illustration processThree thumbnails, one tight sketch and final art from Turkey Day.
Don’t forget the cranberries
book promotion, illustration processAnother set of thumbnails, tight sketches and finished art from Turkey Day! The text called for a turkey marching band—so naturally they had to be from Cranberry High School, right?
Dancing turkey
book promotion, illustration processAnother scene from Turkey Day—three thumbnail sketches, one tight sketch and the final of a turkey ballerina.
Turkeys on a bus
book promotion, illustration processMore from Turkey Day—thumbnail sketch, tight sketch and finished painting.
Notice the difference between the tight sketch and the painting. I left out the stop sign and pushed the red car to the left so that nothing important is in the…
Wake up, turkeys!
book promotion, illustration processThumbnail sketch, tight sketch and final painting for the opening spread of Turkey Day.
Herr Baron von Manders
illustration processI needed an instant ancestor for a great old picture frame.
Tomb it may concern
book promotion, illustration processI don't recall where I found this lovely little mausoleum, but I sketched it as a possible spot for the Where's My Mummy? title page.
Endpaper
book promotion, illustration processHere's the sketch and painting (still on the easel) for the endpaper art from Where's My Mummy?
