Walking on Gold by Janine Amos

I received a beautiful gift from a lady that I did a book cover for - a copy of her book that has been published.

It didn't take me long to read as I was hooked right from the beginning and couldn't put it down. Such a lovely children's book that is well written and keeps you wanting to know what happens next. I loved it and can't wait for her next book.

I can't give too much away but it's set by the sea and you can really feel the atmosphere of both the place and the characters. I'm definitely going to have to read it again, but not so fast this time!

If you'd like to know more or purchase a copy you can visit Janine's website here:

Janine's Website
Buy it on Amazon

Happy New Year!

Wow, it's been some time since I last posted. I've been busy working, setting up e-shops and self-publishing another children's e-book, a sneak preview of some of the artwork is below. I'd also like to thank the people who have bought some of my artwork from my on-line shops, I wish you all a very Happy New Year.

This is my latest children's book which is dedicated to Lillith, my little grand-daughter. I was asked to write one of my crazy stories so this is it, a story about the birds and the bees. Not quite what you might expect, but fun to write nonetheless. So this is a tale about little 'spermalings' and their journey to the finish line.

1st Page of the little Spermalings getting ready for the race.

2nd Page of the little Spermalings as they start their journey.

There are 10 spreads in total and this can be bought on the Amazon website for 77p. I hope you enjoy it (it's not just for the kids). I am hoping to publish this in print eventually but for now here's a link if you'd like to buy it:

Noid and the Great Golden Egg by Maria Forrester

All my love and best wishes for the New Year.

The Very Clever Snail - Book Review

Wow! Read this review. So pleased - it's lovely to get some feedback on my book and so quickly too.

The Very Clever Snail Book Review

The Very Clever Snail on Amazon Kindle

The Very Clever Snail

My Snail Book is Live on Amazon Kindle

Well it certainly didn't take long for my snail book to be published on Kindle and it's only £1.88. Here's a sample spread from my book and there's also a link below if you do want to buy a copy.

Page 4 of my book The Very Clever Snail

Click on this text to buy my book here
Posters can be bought at my Society6 shop

The Very Clever Snail on Amazon

Walking on Gold

Walking on Gold by Janine Amos
Book Cover by Maria Forrester

A few weeks back I completed a lovely commission for a book cover aimed at young readers.

To read an extract from the book and for more information about Janine's work and other books, you can visit her new website http://janineamos.com/walking-on-gold/. The book is due to be published in Spring 2014 and sounds really exciting. I'm sure it is going to be a great success and I'm looking forward to reading the whole book.

This book cover was created using various media. Watercolour and cling film was used for the background. Rubbings of fossils, drawings of coins and grasses (and making them look like rubbings), acrylic paint, hand rendered text and even my rough seagull drawings were used to create this colourful cover. This was a commission for the full front and back cover, but also for publication on ebooks.

Some Development Images

Magic Rocks Illustration

Magic Rocks Illustration

I just couldn't resist putting this one on my blog. The photos are a bit rubbish but I'm sure when the real photos are added by the School of Science it will be fine.

Duke of Delhi Book Cover

The Duke of Delhi Book Cover

"Douglas, a little boy from England is evacuated to India together with his gran. There he quickly becomes part of a gang. This is no ordinary gang however, it cosists of an elephant, a street girl, two monkeys and a parrot. Join them on their unusual adventures around India, trying to reuinte their elephant friend with his family, whilst meeting tigers, rhinos and other creatures. Good friends are really all they need".

This was a project from an author who wanted a book cover using 3 illustrations which were provided. Unfortunately, I can't take credit for the beautiful Delhi artwork, but I can take credit for bringing it all together with design and additional illustration work. To create a more "Indian" feel and to combine the illustrations I used mehndi as my main inspiration.  This was created using the "frottage" method and Photoshop to finalise the design. There is quite a large bleed area on this image which was quite challenging but I think the end result worked well.

A link to the first draft chapters can be found at http://authonomy.com/books/49541/the-duke-of-delhi/read-book/?chapterid=470518#chapter.  The book is aimed at 5-7 year olds and I'm really looking forward to it being published so that I can see what happens next.