lightsail design

The most difficult part of this assignment was finding the right model. The instructions were very simple but very specific.

The main character is a 14-year-old girl. She has short, spiky brown hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. She should be attractive, but not model-perfect.

Sounds simple enough, I thought this was going to be a breeze. I’m in Chicago and there are plenty of modeling agencies around. Apparently what there is not a lot of is 14 year old girls with short hair.

I literally went through all the major agencies in Chicago, started at the top working my way down the list. It soon became clear to me that finding this quirky girl was going to pose more of a problem then I originally had assumed.

I even went around some suburban malls handing out flyers and offering a finders fee. I sent in photos of a number of potential girls and I thought I got close.

Craigs list saved the day. One of the many emails I got was actually from the mother of a fifteen year old girl who fit the bill and was 0ultimately approved.

The shoot itself went well. The only real challenge was to get 4 distinct looks that would be appropriate for 4 different covers. With this I go help from my hair and makeup stylist Ashley Vest.

Here is one the covers with post work done by the art director Tim Hall at Scholastic. Here are some of the shots I presented.

Chasing Yesterday Awakening

by Robin Wasserman ,

(Mass Market Paperback)

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Cover art David Loew

Art Direction: Tim Hall

The Best Teen Books in ‘07–Part 2

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