Last year I got to work on the covers for
reissues of the Marigold series by Jean Ferris.
They are wonderful fairy tale/ fantasy books for
pre-teens with lots of great characters and details.
For the cover, they wanted those details to
interact with the title of the book. I drew elements as
interact with the title of the book. I drew elements as
I read the book. Here was the sketch I
came up with as I read the book.
They liked the dogs but wanted me to show more castle.
I went back to the drawing board and refined it.
I tightened up a few elements and went to finish.
Here are a few details:
And here it is in book form. I love it!
The book is available here and at you local book seller.
I'm really happy with how it came out.
Especially with how it works alongside
the other two. But i'll show you those later.
Thanks to Elizabeth Tardiff for the absolutely
wonderful art direction!
