Tag Archives: middle grade

Updated Cover for The Thorn Queen

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Elisabeth

For the past few years I have been working with an author, Elise Holland, on her middle grade novel The Thorn Queen, at www.whyismud.com. I’ve posted about it before – I completed some illustrations for the design of the website, … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, book covers | Tagged book cover, castle, digital, efk lasalles, elise holland, fantasy, fantasy world, middle grade, pencil, snake, the thorn queen, why is mud | Comments Off

New Book Project

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Elisabeth

Hi All! I’m very excited to share some progress from a book I am working on for an author who is self-publishing. He contacted me last summer while I was traveling and in the midst of my tarot work, but … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, books, sketches | Tagged black and white, book, cats, children's book, Gilly & the Snowcats, girl, illustration, middle grade, sketches, thumbnails | 1 Comment

“The Monster Realm” by Nara Duffie

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Elisabeth

The Monster Realm by Nara Duffie is now available to order on Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/The-Monster-Realm-Nara-Duffie/dp/0984934650 Nara Duffie is an awesome young author who finished writing this book 11 days before her 11th birthday. I just got the book in the mail … Continue reading →

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New Art: “The Monster Realm” book cover

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Elisabeth

Here’s the book cover I created for The Monster Realm by Nara Duffie! Check out the map and chapter headers too, which I posted previously on my blog. This is Nara’s first book – she completed it 11 days before … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, book covers | Tagged acryla gouache, book cover, children, children's book, girl, illustration, middle grade, mysterious, Nara Duffie, sketches, The Monster Realm, tree | 1 Comment

New Map: The World of Lanodeka

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Elisabeth

Here is a really fun map I recently created for a private client publishing her first book. I also illustrated chapter headers and the cover, which I will show in a later blog post. The book is titled The Monster … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, books, maps | Tagged book, cartography, children's book, digital illustration, fantasy, map, middle grade, Nara Duffie, The Monster Realm | 2 Comments

Book Cover Process – The Dragon’s Egg

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Elisabeth

I was recently featured in a ‘cover tour’ organized by Candace’s Book Blog for The Dragon’s Egg by Heidi Bolton, third book in her Relic’s of Mysticus series. You can see the first two covers here and here. Here is … Continue reading →

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