Illustration Friday: Pretend #2

I have this image that I did back in August. I originally did a watercolor version, but because I want the book to be consistent, I had to redo it as a photoshop painting. I did the original lines in Illustrator and then imported it into photoshop (keeping the lines as vector art).

I need to start submitting my book "Adelia" for publication - and what the book needed most of all was a cover. This way I could not only make a complete 'dummy book' to submit, but I could also add my contact information in case the query letter was lost.

It's been a long time in the making - I finished "Adelia" last year and sent it out at christmas time to Chronicle Books. I always meant to send out more submissions, but freelance jobs distracted me.

I decided to put my cover for "Adelia" up on Illustration Friday because this week's topic, Pretend, is what my book is all about. Adelia and her balloon spend an afternoon enjoying life the way any child does - by using their imagination and pretending.