Kirsten McGonigal

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I must apologize for the current state of my website! At the moment, I’m experiencing issues with how my usual galleries display. I’m working on the issue, but in the meantime I’ve provided a few of my most recent images below for you to brows through. I hope they provide a decent sampling of my work. With luck, next time you visit my website will be back to it’s normal self!

Children's book illustration of a scene in the snow. On the right hand side of the image a young boy with red hair stands in front of an impressive snow castle he has built. His older brother and a friend stand on the left side of the page, looking amazed at the castle. In the background are snow covered bushes and trees.
Children's book illustration showing a fat orange dragon carrying a teetering stack of dishes, walking behind a boy dressed up as a knight, and carrying a bottle of dish soap and a scrub brush. Soap bubbles float over both of their heads.
Children's book illustration showing and evening scene at a country fair. In the background are carnival rides and silhouettes of people. In the foreground are hay bales, with a boy sitting one top of one, sharing his cotton candy with a prize winning goat. A little girl is laying on her back on the straw bales, playing with a teddy bear. And their dad slumps against the base of the straw, his hat pulled low over his eyes while he dozes. His foot has knocked over his popcorn, and a prize-winning pig is helping itself to the spilled pop corn.
Middle Grade book illustration by Kirsten McGonigal showing three kids working in a vet office. A monster has showed up to be treated, because this is a magical vet. The monster has very bad breath, and the little girl peering down his throat is holding her nose. Her friends who are helping her also look disgusted by the smell of the monster's breath.
Cozy Children’s Book style illustration by Kirsten McGonigal showing 2 mice, a hedgehog, and a mole Christmas caroling at night in a winter, snow covered forest. They are caroling at the home of 3 chipmunks. The chipmunks live in a big tree with a door and glowing windows in the trunk. A mother chipmunk stands in the doorway with light spilling out through the open door. 2 little chipmunks, a boy and a girl, peep out through an upstairs window. The little boy chipmunk is waving excitedly to the carolers below, and the little girl chipmunk is clasping her paws in delight. The ground and bushes are covered with snow. Once of the mouse carolers is standing a bit in front of the others, mouth wide open in song with his hand gesturing dramatically.
Children's Book Illustration by Kirsten McGonigal showing a cool bear on a skateboard. The bear is wearing a color block t shirt that is blue with one yellow sleeve, one red sleeve, and a purple pocket on the front. There is a sequence of 7 small spot illustrations, showing the bear first skateboarding, then stopping as he smells something delicious, then following the smell. He then trips off his skateboard because he isn't watching where he's going, falls, rolls, and finally lands at the bottom of the page in front of a pizza and a little girl rabbit who is eating it. In the last spot illustration the bear looks excited to see the pizza.
Watercolor children's book illustration showing a parade of chickens marching past a row of shop silhouettes. The chickens are playing instruments and carrying flags made from quilt squares.
Whimsical children's book illustration showing a mother and daughter planting seeds in the ground, surrounded by giant flowers. 2 fairies watch them, and a gnome with a trowel in his hand watches too.
Book Cover Mockup for Lockwood and Co by Jonathan Stroud showing Lockwood, Lucy, and George running down a spiral staircase through the ghost fog. Ghostly hands reach toward them from below, and hooded ghost shapes glide above them.
Cover design for The Horse and His Boy from the Chronicles of Narnia series. There are mountains and a pale orange sky in the background, the city of Tashban in the mid ground with a river in front of it. On either side of the design is a horse, with a boy standing next to one, and a girl in armor standing next to the other, facing each other. A lion's head is pictured in the bottom of the image.
Black and white children's novel illustration showing a school hallway with lockers and a classroom in the background. A nerdy boy, silhouetted in the open classroom doorway, is offering a flower to a popular looking girl in front of him. Her friends look on, giggling behind their hand or rolling their eyes.
Picture book cover showing a little cowgirl doing a happy dance in new blue cowgirl boots and a vest, hat, and gloves, that have just been given to her by her fairy godmother. She is in a barn, and twirls a lasso above her head, in the middle of which is the title of the book: "Sandyella." A horse looks on from the far right, looking delighted.
Book cover image for The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe showing Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy peeking in through the open wardrobe doors. Snowflakes and dark fur tree branches are visible in the foreground.
Black and White children's chapter book illustration showing a dark haired girl having a tea party with giant fuzzy spiders. A cat is on the back of the girl's chair, looking afraid of the spiders. Two children peek through a window in the background, looking surprised.
Children's Book Illustration showing a girl riding a unicorn through the forest with a fox, hen, and goat running behind her. The girl is carrying a banner. A bear eating honeycomb is standing in the left foreground, watching the procession, and there are little gnomes in the trees watching as well.

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