Back to work with the friendly characters of The Christmas Ant

After a long break due to some medical issues, I am back up and illustrating again!  

The Christmas Ant and it's characters are like old friends.  Each ant is different from the other ants and many can be found on several pages of the book.  So If you want to follow an ant through the book, you can.

I have been working on scene 11 from the book where the ants in the castle are talking about the upcoming celebration that will happen on Billy's Christmas day. (See Illustration below)

More adventures from the Illustrator to come.  So keep coming back to see more!

Beginning the Journey - The Christmas Ant picture book

Let me take you on a journey.  It is a journey of creating the children's Christmas book, "The Christmas Ant".

As we started this journey,  we had the great story written by Jack L. Mauldin. Yet no one except Jack knew what the characters looked like.  So Jack told Jana and with rough sketches and added color the characters came to life.




It took a little while for Billy and his family to get their looks down.  Billy started out needing a haircut,  his sister, Sally had short hair and now it has grown out longer,  Billy's brother, Joe, just had a hard time figuring out how to sit without looking funny.   They have calmed down now, and even Mom and dad are getting their looks right.