Rovina Cai

Jan 10, 2024 | tor.com | Rachel Swirsky |Rovina Cai |Jonathan Strahan

Even death is no match for a trio of elderly, stubborn, ever-sparring sisters, who refuse to rest in peace while their grudges live on…Rosalee died, aged seventy-six. Her oldest sister, Irene (seventy-eight), blamed their middle sister, Viola (seventy-seven), for sending Rosie out front to check the mail when she knew Rosie’s inner ear condition was acting up.

Jan 5, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Rovina Cai |Holly Jackson

Readers will be captivated by this twisty thriller and its uncompromising protagonist. The mother Annabel Price thought was dead returns with a story about where she’s been—but 18-year-old Bel knows she’s lying. Ever since Rachel Price’s unexplained disappearance 16 years ago, true-crime fans have come up with plentiful theories about what happened.

Sep 15, 2023 | muddycolors.com | Rovina Cai

Every once in a while, I venture off on a creative tangent and experiment with something completely new and different. I don’t get to do this often enough, but every time I do, I discover a new method, material, or approach that I can add to my creative toolbox. Today I’m sharing one recent experiment that I tried out on a rare-for-me traditional piece!For this piece, I wanted to challenge myself to find a traditional process that closely follows my usual digital working process.

Feb 3, 2023 | muddycolors.com | Rovina Cai

As image-makers we naturally focus on the 2D picture plane, contemplating the arrangement of elements on the page, the subject matter, and creating the illusion of 3D space. Rarely do we need to think beyond the boundaries of the picture’s edge. However, a new world opens up if we consider the context in which our images appear, and this is especially true for book illustration.