My client asked to create children book illustration. The main requirement was to draw animals as close to real life images as possible. Also the events on this book is dramatic so the images has to reflect them.

This is a rough colorful sketch for the first illustration.

This is my idea of how to build a composition for the second illustration

This is one of the main character. The elephant spews water through his trunk. The client liked the image but they said that the elephant's trunk should be raised because the fire is above them.

So I have provided another three images of the elephant

Here are some details about the final illustration. The elephant is jetting water all above the animals on the floor while puffin is squirting water on cuckoo