Have you spotted Alice McKinley in the wild yet? I was invited into her zany world by the good folks at Simon & Schuster to repackage Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's classic series. They're out in bookstores now just in time for summer reading. Alice's voice is so blushingly honest and true through the entire ordeal of growing up, so I tried my best to zoom in on her open heart. She is the queen of quirk and awkwardness, the best mixture of courage, freckles, and innocence. She cracked me up. I loved meeting her. I hope you will too!
Big thank yous to the talented Jessica Handelman for her introduction to Alice and her fresh take on the design (don't you just love her san serif punchiness?) It was fun going bold, graphic, and candy-colored for this series. I painted these in watercolor, with a background in one layer of acrylic paint. These Alice covers made third place in the 2012 New York Book Show, for Trade Paperback Series!
"The kiss went on so long, I wondered when I was allowed to swallow. What we the rules about this? Should the boy let you up for air every ten seconds or were you supposed to sort of keep your nostrils to one side?" –Alice's second kiss, Alice In Rapture, Sort Of
Click on the image to see them up close on my website...
Till next time!
7 comments:
Covers like this are why ebooks will never win! These are amazing and I want them all just to display them! Well done!
These are just so lovely! I am such a huge fan of your work! :)
I love this series and you did a brilliant job with all the covers -- so fresh, vibrant and joyous!
My 2 oldest sisters and I absolutely loved Alice growing up. She made us realize the things we thought were so weird about ourselves were in fact just part of life. Now my youngest sister is hitting that stage and I'm so excited that you're illustrating the new Alice books! Guess what she's getting for her birthday... :D
j'aime les illustrations de ces jaquettes...
Gros bisous à vous.
Fantastic!!!
These new covers are wondrous - thank you. I love them all!
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