Watch as a baby African elephant comes to life for the book cover of HOW TO BE AN ELEPHANT: GROWING UP IN THE AFRICAN WILD—my second picture book with Roaring Brook Press/David Macaulay Studio.

The final art was drawn with pencil and completed in watercolor, ink, and gouache.

This time-lapse video was shot in my studio with an iPhone 3G using iTimeLapse, and the sound of the elephants grazing were captured on my Canon EOS 60D DSLR camera while out in the field with the Save The Elephants team in Samburu during my book research trip in May 2014. A very special thanks to David Daballen, who conjured my breathtaking introduction to African elephants on my first full day in the field.