Jeff Kern design for "Jekyll and Hyde"

Jekyll & Hyde

I know, it’s a little cutesie and a little cheeky. I try to never do anything that falls into this category…BUT for some reason I wanted to play with Mr. Potato Head. And playing with Mr. Potato Head, by its very nature, is already a little cutesie and cheeky, so why not embrace it? Nothing else in the book really utilizes this philosophical direction so that also checks the box of ‘trying something different’. Purposeful under-lighting gives it a cartoon drama, and the addition of Mr. Hyde holding a potato peeler throws it directly into the realm of Nickelodeon. Maybe I’ll make a children’s book with these characters. It was actually a lot of fun to not take it so seriously. Why not?