Yep! That's definitely daylight...

It's been a long and difficult struggle, but we secured the very fine talents of Scott Ackerman to illustrate Critters, Creatures, & Denizens a few weeks ago and the project is now rocketing towards the finish line.  The art is rolling in now and I'm adding it to the layout as fast as I can.  Here is a sample:  the art plate for chapter 1...  Hope you like it as much as I do!

... because this was the alternative!  Here's the 'scribble' as I call it, that I sent to him to convey my compositional ideas:

THANX MR. ACKERMAN!!

You saved us from my stick figures!