Moose Fighting

This illustration is from the book ‘The Adventures of Tuk-Tuk, Oo-Too, and Nu-Too: Tuk-Tuk, Oo-Too and Nu-Too Save the Injured Pilot’. I was hired by Mr. Innes’ daughter, Amy and her siblings to illustrate a story of 3 moose brothers. The story was one of many about these moose brothers Mr. Innes told his children at bedtime as they were growing up. The family had a very specific design brief for the characters Including designing the park ranger in the likeness of the father, David Innes. The story takes place in Waterton Lakes National Park, the Canadian side of Glacier National Park. Lucky for me, I grew up not far from GNP and the scenery was very familiar to me. This was my first time illustrating a story for someone else. In this illustration of the Moose fighting the wolves, I used scenes from Kung Fu Panda and WWF to get the poses for the animals correct. I’m happy with the result and while reading the book to children during school visits or other events, it is often pointed out by the children as the favorite of all my illustrations.

This piece was done entirely in Adobe Illustrator.