Today I finished this illustration for Paul Maguire’s The Genie Loophole. A sand hotel.
Chapter 5 Illustration
Today I finished this illustration for Paul Maguire’s The Genie Loophole. A sand hotel.
Tag: children’s book
New Project
I’ve been quiet here lately. Sorry about that. I’ve been working on a new project. I’m illustrating Paul Maguire’s new children’s book The Genie Loophole. Here’s a background for one of the illustrations I’m working on today. I was playing with a distorted three point perspective. Fun. 
Third Edition up on Amazon
The new edition of The Squishy, Stinky Diaper is up on Amazon now. It’s available in print and for the kindle and features all new illustrations. I’m really proud of how it turned out.
Summary:
The story is familiar to every toddler. Baby’s diaper must be changed, but she doesn’t want to cooperate. With patience, love, and good humor, Mommy gets her through it.
I’m working on getting it up for the nook too, but their interface is being difficult. It’s not on Barnes & Noble in print yet either, but it should be eventually.
In the meantime, if you want a PDF or epub copy for your non-kindle eReader, contact me and I’ll sell it to you directly.
What I drew today…
I did this part of page 8 today. Thought I’d share because it’s cute. The birds are based, somewhat loosely, on eastern bluebirds. Work in Progress…
Pages 12 and 13
Here’s another full-page spread for my current picture book commission. Turkeys, rabbits, deer, and an owl. No coyotes.
Page 18 and 19
A two-page spread from my current picture book commission.
Here’s all the characters except the coyotes. Wild turkey babies are splochy like this when they’re really little. It hides them in the grass and underbrush. I draw them differently later in the book because they’re older then. The white one is an albino and is worried because, since he’s white, he can’t hide like the others.
Page 9
Here’s another page from my current picture book commission.
I think this is the last one with a coyote in it. Five more to go, I think.
Page 27
Here’s another page from my current picture book project.
“Run away! Run away!”
Diaper Book Stats
Well, I haven’t looked in on my poor little diaper book in awhile. Last year I went to the SCBWI conference and showed an agent my book, but totally failed to remember exactly what my sales stats were when she asked me. That was embarrassing. So, this time I will have my numbers together.
What are my numbers? Well, I’m so glad you asked. First off, remember that this is a self-published book by a first-time, unknown author/illustrator and it was accompanied by little to no marketing. So, don’t expect big numbers.
It was first published in January 2010, though it didn’t sell much until I put it up for the kindle in May 2010. To date I’ve sold 2,312 copies (43 paperbacks, 2269 ebooks) for a total of $1866.28 in royalties. The paperbacks are $9.75 and the ebook (both kindle and nook) are $1.99. The paperback is twice the price it should be, but that’s the best I can do with self-publishing. Sorry.
Would you like to buy a copy? Well, that would be great! You could get a paperback, a nook, or a kindle copy.
Edit:
The Third Edition (left) with all new illustrations is now out. The original edition (above) is now out of print. The new one is currently available on Amazon both in print and for kindle. It should be available at other online bookselllers soon and I’m working on getting it up on the nook. In the meantime, if you’d like a digital copy for your non-kindle eReader, contact me and I’ll sell you a PDF or epub version directly.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 