Children's book
Author Options, a former client of mine, which provided editing services for authors who want to self-publish, approached me with a project for Jay Schween, who wanted an illustrated book to give to his daughter. I was happy to take on the project. But, as this was my first children's book, I cut a lot of teeth on it. The project took forever (my fault, not the author's), but in the end, it was well worth it. In retrospect, I would've done many things differently, but hey, that's how we grow as creatives.
I split the project into four steps: storyboarding, phase 1–full-scale drawings to flesh out characters and scenes, phase 2–inked drawings with manuscript content added, and phase 3–color (added digitally), and final tweaks.
I Don't Know is available for purchase on Amazon, here.
![Cover feature](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf1.myportfolio.com/107d59c97f91da217fcc1572999c0849/cc1de34a-c8dd-4e04-acd1-0c9100bd1277_rw_1920.jpg?h=4cf9c41aca18079063a977e6f0e4bf87)
Cover feature
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Full spread feature
![Phase 3, spread 1 of "I Don't Know"](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf4.myportfolio.com/107d59c97f91da217fcc1572999c0849/fabcc4da-5035-41c3-8568-818a80be7859_rw_1920.jpg?h=db8de769aa8ee2885526ce9b4f9f115e)
Phase 3, spread 1 of "I Don't Know"
![Phase 3, spread 2 of "I Don't Know"](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/107d59c97f91da217fcc1572999c0849/a637cced-b97e-4a01-b2a3-1333b400ba5b_rw_1920.jpg?h=8931b5db034a1016915187aa623768dc)
Phase 3, spread 2 of "I Don't Know"
![Phase 2, spread 1 of "I Don't Know](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf2.myportfolio.com/107d59c97f91da217fcc1572999c0849/30f36d41-9782-48e7-a86e-6991c339ee9d_rw_1920.jpg?h=06fe0604c7bc97534e5051fbc3e89f2f)
Phase 2, spread 1 of "I Don't Know"
![Phase 1, spread 1 of "I Don't Know"](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com/107d59c97f91da217fcc1572999c0849/baee2045-e884-415a-a51c-1f4ede8d5e73_rw_1920.jpg?h=71b184f1b6138efff31819bb92d83dc6)
Phase 1, spread 1 of "I Don't Know"
![Storyboarding for "I Don't Know"](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf1.myportfolio.com/107d59c97f91da217fcc1572999c0849/210b2a2d-0e4c-4e64-aada-7faa832e5218_rw_3840.jpg?h=f10ce3c74e7c01a01eb223a6fcd3c3fd)
Storyboarding for "I Don't Know"