Douglas has a Dilemma – an illustrated story, part 1

book cover

front page

page 1

page 2

page 3

page 4

page 5

She loved books, birds and B movies

At teatime, cheese and Cabernet

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You can read more of Douglas’s story here and a bit about how it was conceived here. 


12 Responses to “Douglas has a Dilemma – an illustrated story, part 1”

  1. Completely original! Gorgeous coloring and detail. Melancholy.

  2. Gretchen, I adore this… the art, character design, details in the border corners, cropping, arty font, layout… are flawless. I want to see this dilemma move to bluesy music.
    - Miles.

  3. Absolutely gorgeous! Douglas looks a bit like Count Dracula . . . I will look forward to seeing more! Susan

  4. Seen it before at a show. Brilliant……fear to fail…it plagues us all. Jim

  5. Very fun & LOVE the illustration even more, great work Ms.Talent!

  6. Gretchen ~ Douglas has a Dilemma is delightful & whimsical.
    The lovely Annie creature will surely be his muse! When does this book get printed & distributed? As usual your illustrations are so colorful & inspiring……………..so very YOU!
    Best regards, Danette Alberts

  7. I like this a lot. Ya’know, Douglas isn’t that socially stymied. Those are some hipster boots he’s wearing.

  8. Gretchen: Great stuff my love.

  9. interesting the house that Annie lives in vs. the one that Douglas lives in…most architects tend to judge a book by the house it lives in.

  10. Beautiful work. I wasn’t aware you were so talented as an illustrator. I can’t wait to see how it ends!

  11. [...] color illo from part three of Douglas has a Dilemma. You can read some of parts one and two  here and [...]

  12. [...] book for adults), which we have edited, tweaked and fine-tuned. It’s been a long process, but Douglas has a Dilemma will be ready soon to submit to editors and publishing houses. You can see the first part online [...]

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