Children's Book Class at SVA

Since January I've been taking a children's book class at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City.  It is a great class taught by Monica Wellington.

I've been learning so much about the children's book industry and wanted to share my projects and process.

For our first assignment I decided to have my story take place in the American Southwest with Armadillo wanting to make some nachos.

Initial rough sketches 

Final sketch

Color study

Color study

Final

For our next assignment I chose to illustrate January with dinosaurs!

Initial rough sketches

Final sketch

Final color

For the next assignment our focus was on character.  I chose a Hawaiian sea turtle named Kauila. 

Character sketches

Initial rough sketch

First attempt

Final

Our next set of assignments is to work on a book dummy!  I already have my idea set in place and cannot wait to get started.  I'll be posting my progress here so check back soon!