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Children's Book Art, Writing, Books, and Advice

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Kaz Windness is a published author and illustrator specializing in cute and creepy characters and spooky humor for kids of all ages. Portfolio website: www.WindnessBooks.com

Rocket Monkey Color Play

Just playing with colors! Helps to have a sample background in there. I'll need to consider that for both fabric and the board book. The blue rocket would definitely get lost on a blue background. I like the green monkey... Continue Reading →

Rocket Monkey

I totally blew off laundry to do this illustration, so we'll all be naked tomorrow. Good thing the weather's warming up! "Monkey count, Monkey zoom. Monkey rocket to the moon!" Not a 100% on the colors here. Fun, but maybe... Continue Reading →

Cutie Pie Revisited

So far almost everyone has encouraged me to revisit this illustration. Some of you have even said the original (minus the scary baby feet) was just fine as it was. Here's the new version. I changed the lattice crust into... Continue Reading →

Cutie Pie Disaster

I hate to admit it, but this one was a struggle and ultimately (I think) a failure. (Reminds me of my cooking.) I just knew something wasn't working, so I showed it to my hubby. His response was that the... Continue Reading →

Cupcake

A while back I promised baby illustrations that were so cute you'd want to eat them up. Well, here's the first one, and I hope it fits the bill! I'll probably whip up a few other flavors (color ways) before... Continue Reading →

Sweet Pea

It's gardening season! I have little sproutlings growing in my livingroom window, and I'm prepping the garden beds for when they are ready to plant. And this morning I built a compost bin! In honor of the new garden, I... Continue Reading →

Go Go Monkey Car

Vroom vroom! Ultimately this will be part of an illustration spread, including background and probably a couple of the cars he's racing. My son said "car!" about a million times while I was fleshing out this illustration. He also said... Continue Reading →

Go Go Monkey-O

My son loves anything that goes. He is a huge Thomas the Train fan and has recently become obsessed with cars. The first thing he says in the morning is usually "Hi!" and then "CAR!". In honor of him, I... Continue Reading →

More Baby Birthday Suits

I'm craving birthday cake now for some reason.

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