Digital illustration by John Fraser for the book The Ghosting of Drixenveld by Rosemary Wright. Mary and Noella. Tessa At The Party
Ray Ray the Piebald ram has a conference with Gloria the bee in the shed at nightime from the novel "There Is A Place Called Hierbell" by Rosemary Wright.
The black wolf Fred howls at dusk as his friend Mica looks on.
Benny the lamb escapes from Hierbell and decides which direction to go in his quest.
Digital illustration by John Fraser for the book The Ghosting of Drixenveld by Rosemary Wright. Mary and Noella.
Illustration of Fatin the fox from the novel "There Is A Place Called Hierbell" by Rosemary Wright with illustrations by John Fraser.
Chapter illustration of Bosco and the dogs running in the high plains for the novel "There Is A Place Called Hierbell" by Rosemary Wright with illustrations by John Fraser.
Digital illustration by John Fraser for the cover of the book Lost Marbles by Katy Nissen
Digital illustration by John Fraser for the cover of the book The Chiasm of Daniel and Revelations by A.A. Nueske
Digital illustration by John Fraser for The Ghosting of Drixenveld by Rosemary Wright
Tessa At Party
Gloria and Friends
Mica and Fred
Benny The Lamb Decides Which Way To Go.
Mary and Noella
Fatin the Fox
Bosco and the Dogs
Lost Marbles
The Chiasm of Daniel and Revelations
The Ghosting of Drixenveld Cover
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The Ghosting of Drixenveld Cover
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A great illustration is worth the proverbial thousand words and usually much more. It takes a clever mind to tell a story in one image. That’s why I consider good book illustration to be amongst the higher forms of commercial illustration. I’m not suggesting that my book artwork can be held in the same esteem as the great classics. I know that in the long run I tend to put more effort into a book image than most other types.

Inevitably the editors will have the final say. Their vision for a book may not align perfectly with mine and a compromise must be worked out. It is my job to tie all these loose ends together and make them work.

So a good book artist must be talented in the art of negotiation as well as illustration. They must be flexible and be willing to see other points of view but confident in their own ideas as well.

Most of the images shown here went through extensive changes when they were being created both at the concept and rendering stages.

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