Hi Guys,

About a year ago, I posted a question in this thread asking about the type of military aircraft I should paint in a children's book about deployment. Well, several of you offered suggestions, and I went with the C-17 Globe Master.

Thank you all for your help, because that children's book I was illustrating is out now! It's called "The Wishing Tree" and is available on Amazon.com and from Elva Resa Publishing.

The C-17 only makes a couple of appearances, but it was still fun to paint:

Here are some other images from the book (sorry these are small but it is to discourage people from reusing my images):



This website has been an inspiration for me for years now, and finally ETS is in one of the books I've illustrated in some small way at least.

AWESOME!

-Blast

+1 on the awesome, well done!

Excellent!!!!

That looks like a gorgeous book!

Christina, a co-worker of mine is involved with the VT Guard/Reserve family support group. I'll let her know that this is now in print. We are spooling up now for another deployment next spring, so they might be interested.

And thank you.

Great work!

That's great work!

I'll second all of the +1's, AWESOME's, and EXCELLENT's!!!!

Thank you for writing on this subject for kids! My kids never fully understood why I would disappear for long periods of time. Future children will have an understanding due to your efforts, Christina!!!! BZ!!!!

Christina,

+a bunch on the AWESOME and EXCELLENT. Thank you for honoring those who serve by providing something for the children.

You rock!!