NAKED! has been translated into Spanish!

Curious about how a picture book gets translated into other languages? Simon & Schuster UK's Tracy Philips explains the process for I'M BORED.

Video: Sketching NAKED! In 30 Seconds (plus free illustration workshops for students during my book tour later this month)

Simon & Schuster Children's is sending me on my very first book tour! Would your school like a free visit? Details here.

I can customize my talk to the needs of your school and students. Would you like me to offer tips on becoming a children's book illustrator and give an illustration workshop to aspiring young illustrators? Or talk about the process of creating a picture book? Please let me know.

And don't forget to download my free Core-compatible Teacher's Classroom Guide to NAKED!, written by educational consultant Marcie Colleen.

Evolution of an illustration from NAKED!

I'll be posting more about the process of creating illustrations for NAKED! in upcoming blog posts.

Reminder: A Teacher's Classroom Guide To NAKED! is now available!

Early sketches in the NAKED! creation process

I laughed out loud when I read Michael Ian Black's fun story (and the title). Above: some of the first character sketches I did after receiving the mss.

NAKED! jacket flap author and illustrator portraits

My Simon & Schuster art director (Laurent Linn -- did you know he used to work for Sesame Street?!?) asked me if I could come up with some illustrations of Michael and me to use on the jacket flap for NAKED! instead of photos.

Here are the choices I came up with for Michael:

I wanted to give Michael a choice of portraits, from dignified to cool to er...NAKED!

Guess which one he chose? Yup.

Here's the portrait I did of me to match:

I have to confess that I never imagined in a MILLION ZILLION YEARS that I'd ever have a book coming out where I'd appear on the jacket cover NAKED! :-)

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Just over six months until you can get NAKED!