If I had a dinosaur by Urvi KotasthaneIf I had a dinosaur by Urvi Kotasthane

If I had a dinosaur

Portfolio project
Urvi Kotasthane
Re-designing the cover of a popular children's book for a design competition by Thames&Hudson.
If I Had a Dinosaur is a children's book about a little girl who imagines owning an actual dinosaur as her pet.
Scope :
Illustration, layouting, cover design

If I had a dinosaur

Publication · Children's book cover re-design · Competition entry

Character design process

Step 1
Photograph of pebbles found around Durdle Door
Step 2
Clean up of pebbles in photograph
Colour correction
Adding in the features of the character

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If I had a dinosaur — children's book cover redesign for a Thames & Hudson competition, covering illustration, layout and cover design.