Goblin concepts for Jon Lewis's Grey Griffins Project.

Some of my first art done for Jon Lewis's Grey Griffin project. This should be a cover for one of the short stories :

Goblins

Here's a cover I did a while back, that I can finally show. For Philip Reeve's GOBLINS, published by Scholastic. When I come up for air, I'll try to post some sketches  for this. Take care-S.

Adventures in Extreme Reading : Book #2

This is the second book in the new series by Jan Fields, and published by ABDO / Magic Wagon.
I had hoped to do a mini-interview with Jan for this post, but time has been quite limited. Hopefully next cover post I can get it done. Thanks for checking folks -S.

From the Archives -a Hobbit

I was digging through the HD this evening and came across this image which I believe may be over 2 years old now. Quarto / Quintet Publishing had asked me to do an instructional for their book, so I have some of the steps saved. At the time they had planned for the instructional to coincide with the new Peter Jackson The Hobbit movies , but with all the director switches and  delays the book was completed much earlier.

Nothing too fancy here - I think I was definitely influenced by the skin tones of Haddon Sundblom , while creating this little guy.
Okay - hopefully next post I'll have something a bit more recent. Thanks for checking in -S.

1.17.12
Here are the first 2 covers in a series I have been doing the covers for Penguin Books, called "The Treasure Chest" by Ann Hood .
You might notice in the links there are slight changes to the cover art, from what was originally given for sales purposes. They were slight revisions , which is normal especially when publishers have high expectations for an author or book. Hopefully it won't be too long before I can show you the other two covers for this series.

Thanks for checking!
S.

links to the books:
promo vid
Book 1
Book 2

After the cover, I was asked by Templar to create some character designs/ images for promotion and such. This was really fun , and I wish publishers did this with every book. It's really great being able to explore characters that you might not get the chance to illustrate for the cover.

I also have to give Katherine Roberts and the fine folks at Templar UK praise for the character development of Rhianna.  This is one of the few times that I have ever been asked to make a character less attractive and a bit grittier. You can see the development in the top sketches below. 

Thanks for stopping in!

-S.

Pendragon Legacy  : Sword of Light
This is the first book in a series I am working on for Templar UK.  Excited to see how this reproduces, since they were planning on using acetate overlays and other fancy packaging.  Thanks for checking in!