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Gift book cover illustration - watercolor with resist techniques & hand lettered title.
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Front & back cover wrap around illustration - watercolor & resist, with hand lettered title
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Pastel on pastel paper with hand lettered type. All elements illustrated separately and placed using photoshop
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Pastel moon illustration on pastel paper
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Tight comps presented to art director Katrina Damkoehler
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I chose these thumbnail sketches to clean up into tight comps
Gift Book Cover Illustration & Design
2016 Children's Book Illustrator Intensive with Random House Children's Publishing Art Director Katrina Damkoehler