Illustration
How Character Design Decides Whether a Picture Book Works
Long before a spread is painted, character design settles how a hero looks from every angle, which emotions the face can carry and how the figure repeats across thirty-two pages.
Illustration
Illustration from first sketch to press-ready file: choosing media, mixing color, controlling line quality, scanning and cleaning artwork, CMYK conversion and printer specifications. Commission practice and pricing appear too. For illustrators working professionally and for anyone drawing seriously at home.
Illustration
What Separates a Working Illustrator Portfolio From a Drawer of Favourites
A working portfolio is edited like an exhibition rather than an archive, and every piece inside it is chosen as evidence for the next commission.
Illustration
How Picture Book Illustration Grows From Tiny Thumbnails to Finished Artwork
A picture book develops through thumbnail roughs, pencil roughs, a hand-bound dummy and final artwork, with every one of its thirty-two pages decided twice.