Valentine's Monsters: Taylor and Lily Backpack

Meet Valentine's Monsters!

When Valentine was a toddler, I made her Burgess from a pattern in Closet Monsters by John Murphy.

This summer, at ten years old, she pulled the same book off the shelf and began creating her own monsters — first following the patterns, then working free-form, practicing her sewing while inventing new creatures.
Almost immediately the monsters jumped into her favorite medium: ink and paper.

These are early portraits of an imagination in motion.
Valentine is still developing their stories and turning them into a comic.

Meet Valentine’s Monsters.

Meet Taylor and Lily!

Taylor:

· Older sibling of Lily

· Responsible

· Smart

· Takes care of Lily

Lily:

· Taylor’s little sister

· Energetic

· Smart