@Lee-Holland Great work!

@johntatulliart Thanks John.

@DanetteDraws Although you are correct Danette (to a certain extent), I don't think it's an all or nothing situation. Even though the traditional style of painting makes up the lion share of children's books today, vector is still used quite a bit. If you look at the 0-3 age group section of any major book store, you'll find that vector represents about 30% of the books (I actually counted). Children of that age like high contrast and little detail. It's not until you pass the age of 3 that the market switches to 95% traditional and 5% vector (roughly). This is strictly my observation from the Chapters and Barnes and Noble stores that I've been in. Even Disney publishes a few vector based books every year. Usually the ones with stickers or pop outs.

I think what it boils down to is the quality of the story and the art. I doubt any publisher would take a mediocre story with mediocre traditional art over a great story with great vector art. Just as long as the art style fit the story and the age category. There are quite a few great vector artists out there today that do strictly children's publications. Diego Diaz is just one that comes to mind.

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek I love the big eyes and the color palette. Beautiful piece. I can definitely see Loish's influence in this one. I can't wait until her Kickstarter book is finished. It's going to be amazing.

@Sarah-LuAnn Thanks Sarah. I noticed in your work that you, like myself, use a lot of line art (inked line). Do you do that in Photoshop? Don't you find that inking is much cleaner and more forgiving in Illustrator?

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek Thanks Leontine. Let's just say you wouldn't want to eat in the Rat's Galley. I wish I had a Cintiq, but for now the Wacom will have to do. I'm glad to hear that there are publishers out there that want the vector format.

@Steve-Young Thanks Steve. I had a friend of mine suggest Manga Studio as well. I'll have to check it out. I get my Adobe Suite through the college I work at, so I only pay $9.95/year for a CC subscription to the Creative Suite. Price isn't really an issue.

I'm really starting to like this whole vector thing in Illustrator. I think it's just a matter of getting use to what you can and can't do, in comparison to Photoshop. I think I'm going to stick with this for a little bit. I might even tackle a Children's Book in this style. I know it's kind of commercial looking, but until I get a little more comfortable with working in 2D, I think this might be a good way for me to keep myself motivated.

@Steve-Young Never mind, it's working. It must have been a glitch, or the fact that I was using Firefox.

@Kathryn-Klingensmith That's awesome. I'm getting hooked on Illustrator myself. I never cared for the program, but it's growing on me.