Vintage Book Week 23 Challenge!

A group of illustrators hosted a challenge called “Vintage Book Week 23” on Instagram, giving folks four vintage books to over the course of a week to reinterpret as they wished. One could treat it as a Draw This In Your Style (#dtiys) or do a completely updated version. I treated them more as a DTIYS, which gave me opportunity to try out brushes, etc. I love those challenges to work on things like that! So I am posting here my versions, as well as the original book covers, for comparison!

Oh! I did another version of the Hansel and Gretel book cover, closer to the original. I didn’t like it much at first, but it’s grown on me!

Something New! January 2022 High Five Cover!

It’s been a while since I posted as I’ve been quite busy with several fun projects, both for clients and for myself! Happy New Year! It’s time to catch up and post some items that have finally come out in print! This cover for the January ‘22 issue of High Five magazine was working on over a year ago. Seems like forever but here it is on the cover. I had a fun time working on it, and I appreciate the opportunity to start the new year with such a nice item to post about. Below I have pics of the cover, and the original illustration before it got pared down and changed a bit. I also included some early sketches I sent to the client.

Something New! High Five Magazine Spread: "Art With Friends"

I’m a little behind with keeping up with the blog and posting new, printed work, but hey! This two-page spread hidden picture illustration was created for the December 2020 issue of High Five magazine. I enjoyed working out the bedroom this little boy was making art in! And how cute, that his “friends” are stuffed animals! They seem making some nice art there—all of them! I hope the kids enjoy the illustration, as well as finding the hidden items in the spread. Thanks, High Five!