I just finished this piece for Highlights for Children 2 weeks ago. It was a fun story to illustrate. It's not too often that I get to do some night/moon lighting, which is one of my favorite things to color.
There is a lot more to this illustration that I didn't post, the open light blue area toward the bottom is just the beginning of the space needed for the story text. There will also be skinks (the lizards) all around the text and hiding under some of the photos throughout the two pages. It will published in the December 2009 issue.
The sketch is below. You should immediately notice the change in the walls and the removal of the man's facial hair and some of the skinks, most notably the skink sleeping by his side which I was quite sad to see go.
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5 comments:
so what's the reason the skink sleeping by his side gone? who made this decision? why is it to them so important to left out some good ideas?
Facial hair is scary. So is sharing your bed with a skink... What's a skink?
A skink is a pretty common lizard. There are a lot of different types, my favorite is the blue tongued skink.
The editors felt like there was too many skinks and probably wanted to remove the "sleepiing skink" because it appeared to have too much human qualities. No big deal.
Love iy Chuck! Always been a Highlights fan :o)
This is a really awesome illustration. I think sharing the bed with the skink would have made the piece so much cuter. Really nicely done though
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