Heavytable.com is a yummy local food blog run by James Norton. A while back I did 2 illustartions for a post about “25 things chefs hate about you.”
The concept I ended up going with was the good/bad dichotomy and flatware.
Heavenly spoon by Gwen Richards for heavytable.com
Yay, finished the cover! Had to go in, do some clean up, especially with the crayons. They were all vague in the painting and I had to give them shape in photoshop. And the AD didn’t like the original background color, so I changed it to this teal, because teal is this soothing color.
So, late last week got the contract and manuscript from StoneArch. The book I got is about 2 best friends who are opposites and even and odd numbers, and I’m going to try to reflect the concept (or the concept of opposites) with the 2 kids.
So, the cover is due next week. My process was reading the description and then I did several roughs. I gave myself a goal of making at least 10. What I’ve found is that pressure of making so many, can push you in a new direction. instead of always staying in your comfort zone of doing what you know you can draw/paint well. but cut it down to 2 that had the most promise. These are the 2 best, in tighter sketches:
More soon!
Kudos to me! I just got a project; illustrating a early reader for Stone Arch Books.
This is my first step on my way to being a famous children’s illustrator like Eric Carle, Steven Kellogg, and Mary Grane-Prea (some of my person favorites).
I will keep you all posted on my process as I go along.