i thought it would be interesting to post pictures of my initial sketches for the book along with the final versions. as you can see, my original vision was a little "darker". the wonderfully patient and kind team at Scholastic helped to guide me out of the dark and into technicolor cute.
just in time for Westminster 09! my shirt, featuring sketches from this blog is hitting stores in the US and Japan this week! they're limited edition, so get one before they're gone.