Crybaby hand-painted cover reveal

Last week, I reached out to my illustrator, Richard Caine—the talented artist behind my best-selling, award-winning children's books The Legend of St George and the Dragon and Santa Claus and YOU!—with an exciting new project. I asked him to create a hand-painted version of the Crybaby cover, both for the exclusive Crowdfunder edition and the mass-market release later this year.

Richard was thrilled to take on the challenge. We’ve built a strong creative partnership over the years, and whenever he’s available, he’s the artist I trust to bring my books to life. I couldn't wait to see what he created for Crybaby!

Here’s Richard working on the new cover…

Here’s the final painting before I add some visual effects and the lettering…

…And here is the final cover design.

What do you think, Crybaby fans? Personally, I think Richard has done an incredible job capturing the wild, raw energy of the crazed bull elephant, Crybaby, and the enigmatic shaman.

If you haven’t read Crybaby yet, here’s a reminder—the entire serial novel is free to read on Substack! You can start right now—just follow this link to the first chapter:

Happy reading! Let me know what you think.

All the best,

Mark Watson

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