Last Sunday, my doorbell rang and a big burly man was standing there with a bag marked "Royal Mail, London" wrapped around a large box. I was dumbfounded enough to be receiving mail on a Sunday and since I couldn't fathom what I might have purchased from England recently, I had to double check to make sure my name and address were the correct ones on the tag. That's when I saw the return address from the Folio Society and a light finally went off in my head. These were my copies of the book I illustrated for them over the summer!


You can read more about the book here on their website, but in the meantime, I took some photos of a few of the interior illustrations and my first ever book cover design. If anyone's in need of an hand model, I highly recommend Jesse, he's very good at holding things steady for photographs. 
The Folio Society was a fantastic client to work with and I'm so happy with the final, published product. They really don't skimp on materials - the paper is thick and slightly textured, the design and typography complements the illustration work instead of overcrowding it, and the cover is gold-foil stamped! An illustrator really can't ask for their work to be better packaged than that. The whole experience was a great introduction to the world of book illustration and I'm so grateful that I had this opportunity.

By Post from London

Posted on

4.12.2011

7 Comments
  1. It looks beautiful! Love that pink cover :)

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  2. Wow, that turned out great! My favorite is the spine and the poor girl in bed. She looks so miserable.

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  3. Congratulations, I LOVE that cover and I love your style, it's breathtaking!

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  4. Oh my gosh it's so beautiful! Congratulations and well done!

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  5. thanks, everyone! i'm so glad you like it. it's great to finally be able to share a couple of images after talking about it for so long.

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  6. Congrats Deanna, It looks FANTASTIC! Hope to get to see the actual book in person...I'll search for it @ the bookstore! :)

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  7. Wowzers! The illustrations are stunning and the cover is beautiful. Congratulations, very impressive my dear ;)

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