Florecita Children’s book illustrations
Cover Illustration of Florecita
About the book
This project was a collaboration between myself and the author. The author is a minister and formerly worked at a parish in Mexico. This was the second book he has written with both English and Spanish translations, to appeal to some of the growing Hispanic population. He actually wrote this story in 1965, for a college project and had some sketches of the various cacti and a vision for how the story may eventually be visualized. I had met Greg through my mother and, after a few phone calls and emails, we decided to get together and try to bring the story to life. It was an incredible challenge and absolute honor and pleasure to work with Greg and his wife, Krista on this project. All illustrations were created with Pimga Micron pens, Prisma Color colored pencils and Rembrandt Pastels.
Greg’s original script.
One of my initial sketches
One of the many sketches I had provided to Greg to begin the ‘imagineering’ phase of the project.
COLLECTION OF A FEW OF THE INTERIOR PAGE
One of Greg’s original sketches.
Final illustration as it appears in the book. All illustrations were created with Pimga Micron pens, Prisma Color colored pencils and Rembrandt Pastels.
Character page
Illustration of the ‘Cast of Characters’ that will appear throughout the book, with English and Spanish trasnslations. The horned toad was addition to the story that really made Greg smile!