Come On In! We Have Hot Chocolate!

A recent cover for the February 2015 issue of High Five. 

 I  start with a pencil drawing and add photoshop color, which makes it easy to adjust colors if needed.

detail.

The finished cover.

Bullies Beware and Hot Chocolate

 I just had to post a few of these sketches for a new reader for Red Chair Press. The character is an anti-bully hero who teaches other kids how to fight bullies the right way.  I love creating characters for books and following the thread of a story. I will post more soon!  

I'm also working on a rather challenging cover for High Five.... only challenging because of the  limited space. I especially love creating woodland animal characters. The initial sketch with all the extra graphic elements ghosted (me vs. the barcode = barcode :1, me: 0):