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Interior Illustration 18 of 18

A girl whacking a star-shaped pinata while three friends cheer her on.

Last one. We’re back to that recurring star-shaped pinata.

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A broken pinata being hit by a stick and spilling candies.

To get the full effect on this one, imagine it is hanging from one of the letters in the page header. It was tied, if I remember right, to the bottom of an “E”. There are three different depictions of pinatas in this book, all of them star-shaped.

Piñata – Final Version

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I think this is the final version. Unless I notice something that needs changing.

pinata 4 500

And here it is in black and white. pinata 4 bw 500

I designed it as a two-page spread with a bit of room at the top and bottom for cropping if needed. It’s all done in layers, so the signature can be moved or removed and the colors can be individually fiddled with as necessary. The center line falls about where the mom’s elbow is, so nothing important is obscured by the fold.