Last night I finished off shading and drawing the LAST drawing I am going to do for this book title!! – I am still unsure about the hand (I can’t draw hands at all!..) but just like the quote; “Don’t be afraid of perfection, you won’t ever reach it.” I need to call this one quits now and make it into an actual cover! – 2 more designs left to design!

This is what the final piece turned out like:

I then imported it in Photoshop and started editing the colours etc… I am still at this stage now, I like where it is heading though!

I was however disappointed to find this on my colleagues desk……

As part of a learning reading thingy we do for the students at school, each teacher has to put the book they are reading in a frame mounted on the wall outside their classroom door in an attempt to inspire students to read! This was sitting on the desk waiting to be framed! I noticed immediately the design on the front is very similar to mine! – My first initial reaction was “RIGHT!! NOW I’VE GOT TO START ALL OVER AGAIN!!” but then logical Amy responded with “well, at least you know you are on the right tracks when your work is similar to that of other designers and successful published books” I thought however it was worth documenting! My colleague was also very complimentary when she said “Oh yeh! they are similar!.. but this version is rubbish! have you seen it in colour? – it’s a plain blue background and not very detailed at all!” *cue me logging onto Amazon and finding this:

Its a best seller!….