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Never Read a Book Before Bed
Personal Project
Never Read a Book Before Bed is a dire warning about what happens when you sneak in a story before sleep. This story is a collaboration by longtime friends and former coworkers, Jen Wilson and Josh Lewis.
Author Jen Wilson
Illustrator Josh Lewis
Designer Josh Lewis
BOOK DEVELOPMENT




For the main characters, I explored their design and emotional range. The brother imagines his plush alligator as a real alligator and dragon.

Every whacked-out dream needs a pirate ship bed.
THUMBNAIL SKETCHES

Before diving into sketches, I create these rough sketches. While things change naturally along the way, this lays out the plan for the book.
SKETCHES





Both value and text are added to the sketches to make sure everything is working well together.
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