Sunday, September 13, 2009

Kids Books: DONE and DONE!!!

Finally!!!!! Wow, That really took a while eh? almost 7 weeks of non stop work! But here they are... my two babies. (Twins, but not identical)

MY job is done, now I hand it over to a graphic designer (for the text layout) and then off to production. About 3 weeks till I see /hold the books.

Below, I've attached some samples from the book. The text is just DUMMY/temporary. They're quite different in colouring style, but over all the same feel. I experimented with both styles to be honest. I like how they came out...can't wait to see them printed!

Anyways.... Phew! Now I relax! :D

1st book samples:


The 2nd book samples:
Comments? :)



24 comments:

Kendra Melton said...

They're both cute. I'm more drawn to the simplicity in the first one.

Thanks for the comments. :]

TJ Lubrano said...

Dude! You've finished them! Congrats!! I like it all haha You're really good! Wow you must be so proud. I can't wait to see it printed as well. Will you post pictures on your blog?
You did a really good job, so not one, but TWO Thumbs up ^_^! Ciao!

Chris Kennett said...

Fantastic work, I love both styles!

TTL said...

Outstanding as usual man!

Anonymous said...

I love it... I would shoot for the first style.

Vanessa Brantley Newton said...

It's absolutely fabulous! So cute and inviting! I want a copy please!!!! You've got to let me know when this is available!!

Aima Kessy said...

Awesome! Super works :)) Love both the styles...but i prefer the second one ;)

Edrian said...

These are fantastic! Both styles are great!

Thanks for your recent visit.

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Jason Curtis said...

Both books look outstanding, but damn I love the style of the second book. Great stuff!

Congratulations, job well done.

Francisco Martins said...

Dudeee! congrats! Finally! You really did a great job. You had such short time to create all of this amazing pieces! I loved to watch the progress of each piece, and like I told you before, I think that this two books are amongst your greates works so far. You've really grown as an artist and i believe that you learned a lot during this creative process.

You know that I'm a sucker for textures and that i love details, so to me, the 2nd book is like your masterpiece. I really like the simple style in the first book too, but i just loveeeeee the 2nd book more! like...in a can't stop starring at it kind of way. lol!

Best of luck with the books dude, and all the success in the world! May these babies bring you many good things!

Francisco

Jason Dove said...

Great Stuff! I really like the technique! You really know Photoshop well! I can't wait to see what you come up with next.

Carmen SaldaƱa said...

Hello Abz!
Thank for your kind comment in my blog :-)

I´m glad for having discovered you, I really love your work! Your character design is awesome. The technique you use and the colors are amazing too.

If you don´t mind, I´m going to link you in my blog.

:-)

mika said...

I love both, but the second is my favorite...congrats!!! and good relax!

Renan Leema said...

Thank you for comment in my blog...your art is fantastic!!

Congratulations!!

Bidoon Sukkar said...

I LOOOOVE the second one. love all the details and textures! great job abzster

michael robertson said...

fantastic job! they both look GREAT!

salli s. swindell said...

my first time to your blog...wow. wonderful. great! superb work...I am now a follower...

Abz said...

Thank you all so much! This is officially the most commented on piece in my entire blog! ;) You all support and encourage me to do better! Thanks for all the visits and the comments!

:D

Eric Barclay said...

Congratulations!

Sh@s said...

Wow!! i liked the style n colour scheme. Out of the two i liked the first one though the second one is also equally good. Keep it up!!

Gavin Goo said...

The illustrations are great! Both styles are great. All the best! :)

roberta baird said...

I just discovered your blog... man your work is fantastic!
Good luck with the books!

Pablo said...

All of these came out Fantastic. Very inspirational work. I look forward to your posts and thanks again for stopping by my blog and commenting. Keep up the great work.

Emily said...

Nice work!!! Interesting to see both styles! I just can’t decide which I prefer... like choosing between apples and oranges! Looking forward to seeing an update soon!
Cheers!