Illustrated song

Great American Hero

Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself.
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
It should've been somebody else.
Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.
It's like a light of a new day-,
It came from out of the blue.
Breaking me out of the spell I was in,
Making all of my wishes come true-.
Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.

Illustrated Song

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Here is an illustrated song book I did a couple of years ago for Creative Teaching Press.

I do a lot of tweaking after I scan/photograph my work (photoshop) and every time I see this book, I see all the things I would have "fixed" on my end. Cringe city.

(I was having trouble photographing the art and had to send them the originals.)

Like, moving the little bird and egg up so the text wouldn't cover it, overlapping felt where it shouldn't, stray hairs and fibers, forgotten stitches etc.

Still, I learned a big lesson with this project.

Get really good at reproduction on your end and retain tweak control!

Illustrated Song

Magic Bus!