new job for High-5 magazine

i have such a fun new assignment for High-5 magazine (Highlights).
it involves lots of toys...
...and a kitty.
what could be better?
(sketched entirely in photoshop).

new style for educational work?

i was playing around in photoshop for an educational job due this month, and came up with this technique which i think looks really cool...
but i was told by the studio that assigned it that it looks like a colored sketch, not a finish. bummer!
what do you think?

dancing pigs!

the book i'm working on now is the first that i'm doing all the sketching in photoshop. because drawing is not really easy for me--it takes quite a lot of work to get to what i want or "see"--the flexibility of photoshop is really great, and i think i'm getting a better result. from now on i think i'll always work this way. have a nice weekend!