This was a project close to my heart. The original assignment was to design and illustrate a classic children’s book cover. It was one of my first forays into digital painting. When I started getting my portfolio together, I noticed a few things… I loved the design and the idea, but I had learned so much since I originally worked on it, so I thought it would be fun to take another crack at it. I also saw it as an opportunity re-think the character of Alice with a more culturally ambiguous appearance, because little girls of all shades should be able to see themselves in fairy tales. I used my mom’s skin tone as my reference, so that was really fun.