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Working on rough cover color ideas for this project.
(Notice, the cats have been displaced. For now.)
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This week I'm working on endpaper illustrations and a few other bits and pieces for Maggie and Oliver, a middle-grade novel by author Valerie Hobbs.
There's always a stage in the process where I think the art looks like blech. Most times I can work through it. (Figured this out after years of self-torture.)
Usually my desk looks something like below. My hairy little assistants are always ready to help. (Between nap breaks, that is.) Luckily I also have a standing desk. Keeps the ol' spine happy.
Here's another piece from the book:
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These are two little sketches for part of the Maggie and Oliver endpapers. The editor and designer liked the one on the left. (Me, I couldn't decide! I'm bad like that.)
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I'm happy to be posting again about my Maggie and Oliver book illustration project, with an update! Things were put on hold this summer because my lovely & wonderful editor moved to another house. (It's publishing. It happens.) The book was reassigned to a new editor (just as lovely & wonderful)* and I'll be finishing up the cover and endpaper art in the next month or so. Look for a Fall '11 publication date! I still intend to blog about the whole process of working on the book– probably closer to the release.
Meanwhile, here's a sneak peek at one of the interior illos:
*(Just gotta say, I'm feeling really, really fortunate to have the chance to work with so many lovely & wonderful people!)
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Argh... feeling a bit overwhelmed this week! I'm doing the B & W final art for Maggie & Oliver, have a big map due on Monday, and am yearning to put the final tweaks on a picture book dummy I've been working on forever. But I have to laugh. In almost 17 years of working for myself, this feeling has become familiar. And the work has always gotten done. (Must be those magic elves that drop in at night.)
Meanwhile, here's a sketch from Maggie & Oliver:
Can't wait!
This is thrilling!
I think our grandson would love this!
Thanks, ladies! :-)