The Boy and the Wind

Over a year ago I did some initial designs for The Terrible Storm by Hecabe DuFraisse. This week I actually got round to doing the finished artwork. Even though I didn't get the original commission I really liked my illustration for the double page spread and was kindly granted permission to illustrate it anyway to fill my portfolio and post on my blog.
What do you think? I really like the background which is a mixture of watercolour textures and a photograph of the night sky. I think the main reason I liked the original sketch was because of the oriental feel that the wind character has, I hope this came across in the full colour version too.

I'm busy working on my fourth book with Midsea Books and I'm hoping I will be allowed to post my workings on here as it's been a mammoth task of research and re-drawing, all great fun.