We Don't Make Fuzzy-Bunny Books (the end)
With the final art and text in production for Kenny and the Dragon, I focused on helping the marketing team at Simon and Schuster come up with some nice visuals to help create awareness for the new title.
Though it is extra work on my end, I like having unique images to sell a book without reusing the cover art. I’ve done this for most all of the Spiderwick books, and it really helps get folks excited when they see a specially designed poster and/or original designed cardboard floor display which we so often see scattered about our favorite bookstore. Here is a comp for the display top for Kenny, which you may see in a store near you this August.
I had hardly a minute to myself after all of this was done before I jumped onto the next Spiderwick book, A Giant Problem. Since most of the characters have already been created, I have found myself back in the world of sketching scenes of curious kids, rampaging giants and troublesome fairies…
…and for my older fans who have been following these posts, here is a AD&D character sheet for a mouse thief whom I’ve named “Sam Wisewhiskers”. Enjoy!
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I’m glad you don’t mind designing the corrugated displays. Booksellers love them. They’re such a nice change from the permanent merchandizing displays that we work with every day; more colorful and exciting. The light-up display for The Nixie’s Song was so popular that I had a few booksellers fighting over who got to take it home when the display came down!
Meredith
PLEASE!!!! Can we see some of the behind-the -scenes work on A Giant Problem??
S’wick Fiend
That Mouse Thief character sheet is my new favourite thing.
Honestly. I really want to see the material from The Giant Problem, which I psychically KNOW will be successful and cool
Wow, these turned out absolutely stunning! More fantastic works, Tony! Keep up the beautiful work!
Oh man, love the character sheet! You always made role playing so much cooler….
This pictures look fantastic!
Im so glad you make the book displays. i have managed to get my hands on the Nixie’s song light up display topper and the Peter in Scarlet pop-out display topper. nice inspiration for my drawing table.
How do u say Schuster? I always said Scowzer
seriously
Thank you for writing all of this, I was just looking for some Kenku images to explain to a friend what the old bird people looked like and what I found instead was an amazing story of the creation of this wonderful world! I really appreciate the time you took to write this. I find the method to be as important as the product and seeing your method was enlightening.