Here’s the first image for a graded reader I recently illustrated for Learning A-Z. Mom for City Council by Jessica Malordy. 
Category: Images
In Trouble
Here’s a new one for that same series I’ve been working on. Seems our girl has been texting in class.
Sleepover
Here’s a new one for that series I’m doing with this group of middle school kids. This one’s a sleepover and our main character (I should really give her a name) is having a sleepover with all her BFFs. She’s playing a video game (Mario Cart, perhaps?) against her very best bestie. Two more friends are painting nails on the floor and a fifth girl has already conked out and gone to sleep. (Hopefully they won’t put her bra in the freezer later!)
Edit: It was too green, so I made it bluer and updated the image. Better now, I think. 🙂
Rocket Relief Grant for KC Area Artists
I wanted to post this link I came across. It’s a grant for Kansas City area artists who have suffered income loss due to the pandemic. Just in case it would be useful to anyone…
https://artskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Rocket-Relief-PR-ArtsKC.pdf
Stay safe!
2020
Coronavirus Illustration
Today I drew an illustration of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2). This is the virus that causes COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019). It is depicted both free-floating and within a water droplet. Both isolated.
I’m putting it up on my Shutterstock account. Should be available in a few days. Or you can contact me directly.
Safety Book – Interior Image – Page 16
Here’s an image for page 16 of a safety-themed coloring book commissioned by Positive Promotions. Last page. This one isn’t much. It’s just a border for a “Safe Kids” certificate.
Next up is a book titled “Mom for City Council” but that won’t be finished until towards the end of the month. I’ll post once it’s done.
As always, I am taking commissions. Contact me to discuss your project.
Safety Book – Interior Image – Page 15
Here’s an image for page 15 of a safety-themed coloring book commissioned by Positive Promotions. This page is about cyber safety. The two siblings are each using their devices to access online content.
Safety Book – Interior Image – Page 14
Here’s an image for page 14 of a safety-themed coloring book commissioned by Positive Promotions. This page covers bullying. A boy is picking up his books, presumably after some bullies knocked them onto the floor. Probably the same boys that are smirking at him from the other side of the room. But, luckily for him, a friend has stopped to help him pick up his books. Isn’t that nice?
Safety Book – Interior Image – Page 13
Here’s an image for page 13 of a safety-themed coloring book commissioned by Positive Promotions. This is the, “Say, ‘no,’ to drugs,” page. So a girl is politely refusing a cigarette another girl is offering her. And there’s beer, tobacco, and pills in the, “No,” symbol below.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 