"Tom's Tweet" or "Hey, that cat looks like John Goodman"

The lovely Miss Jill Esbaum and I have a wonderful picture book coming out in November called Tom's Tweet which is a slapstick funny story that pays homage to the selfless act known as parenting. Over the next month I'll be showing tidbits of the book in hopes that it will entice you to buy it and share with your whole family.

Here is the book jacket. I take great pride in my book jackets and this one was fun. I always wanted to do a front and back perspective of a book cover and since it was such a simple design I didn't feel too overwhelmed by the task.

Here is the front...

Now, here's the back...

And the mock jacket....

Now, on to Tom's design. First, I'd like to share an image of my old cat which the main character (Tom) was based on...

And now, a picture of actor, John Goodman....

And a splash page of the character design....

Good times.