Where's Bear Now...?

I'll give you a hint....

Happy New Year!

New year, new adventure. I'm lucky enough to do a second book with Owlkids and Sophie and Bear are back.

This is where I've been hibernating the past 4 months and now we're just about done. Here are some images from the new book, "What's Up Bear?", hitting shelves Fall '12. Sophie and Bear are in NYC and learning the concept of opposites as they visit familiar NY landmarks.

I literally just completed the final art so I'll update with some color once we're ready for print. In the meantime, this is what I've been up to.




We went with a lot more spreads in this one. All of these have been revised so the color images won't match exactly.




The last two are title page concepts, one of which ended up as the night table photo in the first spread.

Check for it this fall!

Check for me in the next post!


Peace.

Doggone Done!

I'm back! Finally, I can get outside and get some fresh air-- "Doggy Bag" is done. Just putting the finishing touches on the cover and the end pages and we are ready to roll. The book is still very much on schedule for the October pub date. Here are some images from "Doggy Bag."


This is just a mock cover I did for some promotional materials. The finished cover is completely different. I can post that when it's ready for print.





This spread needed a lot of work before I could finish it. I was able to space things out much better when I started coloring. You'll notice how tight a squeeze it is between some of the bushes and the houses. The foreground elements, though I liked the idea, were a little overbearing. I'm much happier with the finished product.

I haven't posted any images of the star of the show (book), which I would normally do. You'll have to pick up "Doggy Bag" to see him.


Peace