In the commentary that follows I will discuss the general manner in which Charles Mikolaycak worked. We can learn about his process by examining the photographs he frequently used for reference and the thumbnail sketches he made to work out his compositional problems–what he tried, what he discarded, and what he ultimately kept. I will then discuss the final illustrations. When I ask my students to reflect on an illustrator’s work, I ask them to consider four things: Content, Composition, Color, and Control of the medium.