Advancement opportunities and latest Children's Book Illustration

I had opportunities offered to me at my full time job as a Sous Chef, which I am now a lead cook for the past 8 years at Freedom Square under Brookdale Senior Living. I also run a freelance Illustration and entertainment company with LarsER Arts and Entertainment for the past 21 years. Don't get me wrong I am honored to be asked for advancement, but if I take on more responsibilities I will not be willing to commit to my own art business. I am thankful to my wonderful wife for making me understand this truth, and always encouraging me to be thankful for what I have :) Here is my latest Children's book Illustration for #Arniethechristmaspig and there will be pre ordering available soon!

Boy behind the red door

Today I got a last minute job for  an e-book #Illustration in rough #sketch style and will share more soon! Here is project discription: 

1. Elijah is the boy's name, inside a well used, old and decrepit library on a search for his missing grandparents. The librarian, Ms. Luci, is trying to prevent Elijah from entering a special room in the library that has a red, crimson eye catching color door. A chase begins when Elijah rips away from Ms. Luci. Elijah runs, opens the red door, runs through the red door and a bright light shines out of the door.
2. We are keeping Elijah as a young, boy, 5-7, slightly short, slightly chubby, red freckle cheeks, orangish hair, godzilla t-shirt, innocent, inquisitive, not-wealthy, wearing green worn shorts, worn black high top shoes and little white socks showing going up above his ankles scrunched ... I guess almost like the catcher on the Sandlot movie ;)- Ha, just thought about that.
3. Feel free to be creative and flexible with it, but we are just aiming at simple image with no background. Merely open red door with him almost through the red door, with merely his slight backside showing and a leg up in the air showing that he's on the run through the open red door.
   
4. It's to be an image pasted onto the front cover, expandable and contractable for us to move around and place.
   
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Arnie The Christmas Pig rough sketches

Here are some rough sketches on my Children's book. I thought I would share some of the drawings and rough ideas on the following text of the beginning of the book! Going to the Clearwatewr Beach Pier 60 Sunset festival tonight!

Arnie the Christmas Pig

By

Blair Hurm

There once was a pig named Arnie

Who lived on a farm near Atlanta

And all of his life young Arnie had dreamed

That one day he would be Santa:

The other pigs just laughed at him

It hurt him to hear their reply

You can’t make St. Nick out of a pig

But Arnie knew he had to try: