This is an early colorized rough for an emergent reader book I'm presently working on. The text is very basic with the the illustrations carrying the story. I'm still working out how I want to execute this book (which is a series of three). I'm leaning towards keeping the line work thinner than usual. I want it to look/feel playful and sweet but not be too "cartoony".
These days I'm working on a couple of books for the Korean publisher Happy House. Here's a detail from one of the sketches.
This is an old illustration I painted about 3 years ago. It's a bit different from my usual style, but I like the mood in it - and I like the trees.
Much thanks to those who commented on my previous posting, showing an earlier version of my Christmas card. The final version is the image, above. Unfortunately, given I changed the format to vertical (and I had to work quickly), I lost the squirrel and bird which were my favorite part of the image. But it's done for this season and now I can breath easy and move on to other projects.
I'm still trying to figure out what--and if--I'm sending out a seasonal card for the holidays. So far the only thing I've worked up is the image you see above, which is a reworking of a card I did last year. I'm running out of time, though, so I have to make some decisions real soon. Any thoughts...?
