I was commissioned by Random House in NYC to illustrate the cover of Jason Ross’ middle grade novel, ‘The Amazing Beef Squad: Never Say Die!’. The book detailed the exploits of a group of middle school friends and they wanted the cover to convey the same feeling of youthful hi-jinx along with notable elements from the plot.
As with all book cover projects, I worked up a few sketches/concepts and luckily they chose my favourite one.
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