Hedgehog Needs a Hug is my debut book as an author-illustrator, and will be published by Penguin Books and on shelves in two weeks! I wanted to share the process for my favorite image from the book. 
Finished image from the book © Jen Betton I worked on the manuscript and images concurrently, and I knew this spread was one where I wanted the Fox to be curling around Hedgehog, closing in. I wanted Hedgehog to feel small, and surrounded. You can see this in my very early thumbnails.&nb...