Watch as a great white shark comes to life for NEIGHBORHOOD SHARKS—my debut picture book with Roaring Brook Press. Kids and parents beware: this drawing is not for the faint of heart!

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 sounds of the shark-filled waters was captured with a Tascam DR-05 digital recorder while I was on Mirounga Bay at the Farallon Islands and on Tomales Bay near Point Reyes during my shark research trip in October 2012. Special thanks to Ron Elliott, Scot Anderson, Paul Kanive, and the scientists and crew of the Derek M. Baylis.