The Renfrow Story

With this illustration, Erica has completed 17 of 22 double-page spreads, technically 77.27% of the book.  We know there are revisions to the early illustrations that will need to be made, so there is more than 22.73% of the work remaining. But still, hitting this point feels pretty significant. The light at the end of…

Over my lunch hour today we hit a significant milestone. I approved the picture that brought us to the 50% completion point on illustrations! Erica and I both agreed that this is something worth celebrating! I thought it would be fun to share a glimpse of the process. It starts with the text and the…

Beautiful things take time and it’s always worth the wait. Illustrations are progressing at a rate of 1-2 per week and are about 20% done at this point. Erica is using historic photos for reference, like the Renfrow home in the background of this illustration. We also have decided to use flowers and other natural…

The last few weeks have seen some great progress on the book front. The Kickstarter campaign officially ended on May 10, but it takes a couple of weeks before all of the funds get processed and deposited into my account. Now that those funds are in had, I’m more easily able to pay the illustrator…

When I started to think about doing this book, it was finding an illustrator that loomed as the biggest challenge. I wasn’t even sure where to start. So like many Grinnell alumni, I posted about it in the alumni Facebook group asking for advice. Among the responses was one who said they had a housemate…