Gustavo's Daydream

In one of the pivotal scenes in the book, Gustavo dreams of what it would be like to be in his family's mariachi band.

I sketched out this spread early in the making of the book. It is a big doodle made with a ballpoint pen, filling a large page in my sketchbook. This was one of my first drawings I ever made of Gustavo and the rest of the characters.



A refined version:



When I painted the illustration, I did it in pieces. First, I made the "daydream" portion of the image.



Next, I painted Gustavo and his dog.



Using the computer, I placed them together to create one picture.



To finish, I added a little bit of texture onto the paper to make it a little more interesting.