Cover artist Simone Grnewald, from Germany and also known as 'Schmoe', is a passionate illustrator and well-known art director, character designer, 2D animator, and key art storyboarder working in the games industry. She creates emotive designs that document her life, including the experiences of motherhood, in addition to her commercial work. Simone has a wealth of knowledge in both traditional and digital art and shares her insights with her global audience via increasingly popular social-media accounts, including Instagram (611K followers), Facebook (11K followers), Substack (Schmoe's Cosy Art Club, over 4K subscribers). She also has 4.8K following her art courses on Domestika. Simone is the author of Sketch Every Day and Draw What You Love (both published by 3dtotal Publishing). Originally a digital artist's resource website, 3dtotal has grown into an industry-leading art-book publisher. Renowned for creating high-quality, inspirational, and practical tutorial books with some of the best artists working in the movie, games, animation, and publishing industries, 3dtotal Publishing sets the standard for modern art books.