Final Version of the Kids Walking to the Aztec Temple

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Today I finished this landscape. It took about 4 days, which sounds like a long time, but for me it means that I’m becoming a more confident illustrator. For the look of this image I was helped greatly by the Al Fresco Art Club challenges In particular, I copied several Moebius landscapes for the challenges and borrowed heavily from Moebius’ trees.

Now I’m on to the next image in the book. In which the kids will be standing on top of the Aztec Pyramid where they can get a view of their destination high in the mountains.

The last picture in my children's picture book

At least, I think it’s my last picture. Tomorrow I’ll be moving over to inDesign to import all of the pictures into the 32-page book template and position them with the text. I’m heaving a generous sigh of relief at completing this part of the project, and I’m looking forward to taking the next step toward getting this book published. Yea!