I had a ton of fun and learned a lot about posting on Instagram (moi)Īnd last but not least, thank you so much for the support of See you all next year!! Huge thank you to my talented cohosts that allowed me to be a part of this challenge. Thank you to everyone that participated (new and old friends) and made this week so inspiring with your artworks. Happy First Day of Spring! I can't believe Vintage Book Week 2023 is over! It was so exciting to see all the wonderful art posts and meet new artists through out the challenge. #illustration #love #childrensbookillustration #illustration #coverdesign #animation #publishing #FrogandToad #ArnoldLobel #art #design #friendship #storytime #kidlitart #kidlit And like me as a kid loved grape jelly sandwiches and strawberry soda. So in my version, Frog and Toad are younger, and live in Hawaii and wear flip flops. But I did connected to this book because of Frog and Toad's close friendship.

I don't know if she picked this book because she may have known about me being gay. When we graduated kindergarten, our teacher gave each of us a book that she thought we'd love. My teacher read it to us and was one of my favorite reoccurring books during story time. I remember the first time I discovered Frog and Toad when I was in kindergarten growing up in Honolulu, Hawaii. The first one I thought about was my favorite book series: 'Frog and Toad' by Arnold Lobel. Decided to take some of my favorite books and do covers in my own style for them. Been working on some new illustration portfolio pieces for my agents at Bright.

Hansel and Gretel by Arnold Lobel