Friday, September 17, 2010

My new books have arrived!





It's so fun receiving first copies of a book. Or two books! I received my first copies of Dancing Dreams and Oliver's First Christmas from Accord Publishing. I turned in the final illustrations for Dancing Dreams days before I had my baby in January, and the finals for Oliver's First Christmas were due in April. Both of these will be released within the next month.

They both use AniMotion(tm) technology, which is a fancy way of saying that there are action windows which look like animations as you turn the page. You can see the dancer in the red dress is in two different poses above. Super fun!

Kristi Valiant
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7 comments:

Ginger*:) said...

These look like fantastic children's books! How nice that you have your own little one to share these with. Congratulations! They are beautiful!

Kristi Valiant said...

Thanks, Ginger!

Vanessa Brantley Newton said...

The books are beautiful. I can't wait to go and get my copies of these babies! Congrats to you on all your hard work. It's so sweet when we get to see all the hard work pressed into a book. It's fantastic and great news!!!

Roberta said...

How cool is that!!
Awesome Kristi!

Amy C. Moreno said...

Kristi,
They are beautiful! It must have been such fun to see the final product and the way the animated parts work. I can't imagine how you did this with a new baby in the mix! Congratulations..wonderful job.

Scott said...

Beautiful! Well done!

Kristi Valiant said...

Thanks, everyone! They were fun books to create and I can't wait to see them in stores next month.