It was an amazing experience to work with the lovely and talented Dallas Graham on his book Nikolas and the Pantheon Trials and it was an especially great treat to work alongside designer/typographer extraordinaire Spencer Charles. Nikolas, Night Thief is the YA, fantasy book series about the mythical, secretive origins of the boy-thief who will become known as Santa Claus. This 1st book of the series has now been released at the strike of midnight of St. Nikolas’ Day (Dec 6th) and you can find the paperback book or kindle version on Amazon. Please spread the word! We’d love to carry on this series and see what other magical gods and creatures our lad comes across. I also want to draw more mischievous magical creatures.
Here are some of my pencil roughs & ink process for the front cover. I wanted to show the young fisherman Nikolas and capture the gods he will take his journey with and possibly show the Evergreen tree which is a powerful symbol in the book. I’m glad we settled on the wolf right up front though.
