Before my daughter was born I got the chance to design the invitations for my wife’s baby shower. A little girl riding on the back of a tyrannosaurus rex. I don’t blame people for not seeing the relevance. My wife got it and she’s the boss. Fast forward, we are now having a boy and I was able to develop a second illustration because the ladies are throwing us another baby shower but this time they are calling it a “diaper party”. Call it what ever you want ladies, the invite is getting another dinosaur! This time it features a nosey little brother with his brontosaurus. Yes, I heard that the whole brontosaurus thing was a huge mistake and it never actually existed. This magnificently fictitious beast will live on in my boyhood memories, probably on the PLANET Pluto or something.
There actually is a point to this. Think of these images as prototypes for a children’s book I am developing. In fact I am pretty sure this is the only reason my wife gave them the green light. As far as what the book is about and the story behind the illustrations, well I’ll get to that soon enough.