Interior Illustration 12 of 18
Another simple drawing of a smiling child. A girl this time.
Let’s Learn About Hispanic Heritage
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Let’s Learn About Hispanic Heritage
Interior Illustration 1 of 18
Here’s the first interior illustration for Positive Promotion’s Hispanic Heritage book. The original art specs called for this illustration to read “Hurray for Hispanic Heritage” in English, which was also the header for this page. I thought that seemed a little redundant and missed a good opportunity to show some Spanish language in an otherwise completely English manuscript. It seemed appropriate given the subject.
Since I don’t speak Spanish, I used Google Translate to find the equivalent phrase in Spanish and gave the client the option to have me use that phrase instead. To be safe, I also warned the client to double-check whether my translation was correct, but I think it’s right. They didn’t correct me, anyway. 🤞
Two Children and a Dog
I recently completed a project for Utah-based Fish for Garbage, a nonprofit organization that mobilizes communities through waterway cleanups and watershed education. They commissioned me to create a series of illustrations for a children’s activity book.
This image introduces two characters that will appear in the next illustration. The characters ae both wearing Fish for Garbage hats, work gloves, and mesh bags for collecting garbage. The dog was an afterthought requested by the client to make the image wider to better fit the layout. The client told me that some participants have trained their dogs to find and fetch trash to help with collection during cleanup events.
Number 129 of 150
Sorry for the delayed posts this last week. Life happens and we’ve been dealing with a family medical emergency requiring last-minute, out-of-town travel and hours waiting around in a hospital. Good news is the relative made it through the scary part we were all afraid they wouldn’t.
So… Getting back on schedule…
Here’s a bird-watcher girl. She’s got her binoculars and her birding book. Looks like she’s all set.
Number 126 of 150
A girl feeding a baby goat. Probably at a petting zoo.
Number 123 of 150
This girl is reading manga.
Number 121 of 150
And now back to this big Learning A-Z project. Again, 150 characters isolated on white created in batches of 15 with strict specs from the client on what each will look like. This batch is all white people. Starting with this chubby little girl at the beach or pool.
Number 114 of 150
Here’s a girl carrying her lunch tray, probably in the school cafeteria. My daughter tells me that her school doesn’t use lockers anymore, so the kids carry their backpacks everywhere. Even to the lunch room.
Number 111 of 150
She’s going snorkeling.
Number 108 of 150
She’s off to catch butterflies.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 