I’m pretty sure I promised this post back in October, but I’m just finally getting around to writing it. So thanks for waiting patiently for so long.

When I was illustrating the book Bye, Bye Boogeyman (written by the incomparable Donna Davies) I had a challenge in the little girl’s bedroom. In most of my books, I play fast and loose with the architecture. But this book takes place entirely in one room. So I had to keep the room dimensions and furniture locations consistent throughout.

And my first few sketches proved that was a bigger challenge than I expected.

So I called my mother and had her send me some of my sister’s old doll furniture. The bed she found was coincidentally the same style I had already planned to draw. Perfect. I set up this little scene with cardboard walls and a playing card for the rug.
And then I took nearly 50 photos of the room.

I didn’t trace any of the photos exactly, but used them as guides to keep things looking right in the book.

And here’s a few of the finished pages.

To see the rest of the illustrations, check out the book on Amazon.