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Demo 001

ILLUSTRATING A CHILDREN’S BOOK

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Step 1

After receiving the commission to do a children’s book, I receive a manuscript to review and, in this case, also had the opportunity to meet with the art director and author.

In this meeting, the key scenes are identified and ideas are noted for developing these into illustrations (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Draft text of book

Figure 1: Draft text of book

The entire book is layed out and pages for type and those for illustrations are identified (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Rough layout of book

Figure 2: Rough layout of book