Bonnie the Bee’s Sweet Surprise
Bonnie the Bee’s Sweet Surprise is the second illustrated project I’ve worked on with my mom, Marnie Kuhns. Working on this children’s book was a ton of fun! I illustrated 22 pages plus the cover.
The illustrations in the book feature many different types of flowers and plants, as well as different pollinators, although the main focus is on honeybees. Doing the research for these illustrations was very interesting and it was a fun challenge to simplify the complex anatomy of the honeybee to match the visual need’s of the book.
Support the author, Marnie Pehrson Kuhns, by buying Bonnie the Bee’s Sweet Surprise on Amazon, it’s available in paperback and on Kindle.
Living in Sacred Nature Journal
Living in Sacred Nature is a journal created by Marnie Pehrson Kuhns as a companion to her book, Finding Peace in a Turbulent World: Living in Sacred Nature. The journal is centered around connecting with nature through animals and plants. My work on this journal includes illustrations and book formatting.
Interior Pages
The journal spans over 12 weeks and each week has different illustrations that pair an animal with a plant that symbolize positive traits. This section’s illustration pairs the heron with the lotus flower, both representing strength and resilience.
Interior Pages – Section Covers
Each week also has it’s own cover page featuring the animal and plant that will be shown throughout the section.
Macaron Informational Booklet
This booklet was created as promotional and educational material for prospective wholesale clients. Inside the booklet, there is information about the product itself and opportunities for co-packing and private labels.
The cover is bright and vibrant in order to catch the eye of clients and macarons are showcased to instantly let the reader know what products they will find inside. Diagonal lines were used to lead the reader into opening the booklet.
The booklet was also designed for web view so that it could easily be emailed to prospective clients.
A modern, sans serif font was used to portray a clean and precise image. Paired with this, a classic serif font was chosen to match the elegance and delicacy of the french cookie. It was also used to give body paragraphs more readability in print. Pages were given a colorful border to tie spreads together and to keep visual interest on text heavy pages.