A series of covers for the Jamie Johnson book series written by Dan Freedman and published by Scholastic
Preliminary rough and refinement for a more "face on" angle
Quite like him as a blond, but the book specifies he's a brunet. The shirt still needed modernisation.
...though the publisher felt he worked better shooting to our left.
Not sure why Jamie's gasp of joy was reworked into a tightlipped smirk (which also gave him an extra long chin).
The lower pose was my original, which was considered too angry.