Children's Book Illustration
Are you a children’s book author in search of an illustrator to bring your story to life? If yes, read on and let’s chat!
The role of an illustrator in a children’s book is critical. Illustrating a children’s book is more than just adding pretty pictures. As an illustrator, my role is to deeply connect with your story, the characters, the theme and bring it to life with visually appealing and memorable illustrations and art.
My Style
The words I would use to describe my children’s book illustration style are:
- Whimsical
- Hand-drawn style
- Textured
- Colorful
- High energy
- Bright and bold
My Design Process
I always start by drawing preliminary pencil drawings in my sketchpad. My illustrations have a hand-drawn, textured and whimsical look, even if drawn digitally. Sometimes, I incorporate traditional painting techniques using watercolor, colored pencils or mixed media collage for backgrounds and sceneries. I love to mix both traditional techniques with digital painting. My go-to digital tools are Procreate, Adobe Fresco and Photoshop. Depending on your story needs, we will discuss and determine the best illustration approach.
How it Works
My process begins with understanding your story. I then create a rough book layout and place the text blocks before drawing the pencil sketches. Next, I develop a mood board to capture the desired illustration style. Finally, I create the fully colored book illustrations.
- Discovery Call: Schedule a call to discuss your story, target audience, timeline, and overall illustration needs.
- Rough Book Layout: Develop a rough layout, placing text and planning the overall flow of the book.
- Pencil Sketches: Draw preliminary pencil sketches to outline the illustrations.
- Mood Board Creation: Compile a mood board to capture the desired style and atmosphere of the illustrations.
- Full-Color Illustrations: Refine the sketches and bring them to life with vibrant, full-color illustrations.
Approximate time frame to complete the illustrations for a 32-page children’s book is approximately 2 months.
Note: This service is for the interior book illustrations. It does include integrating the text with the illustrations but it does not include formatting the complete book. Book cover design is a separate service.
Ready to Get Started?
Schedule a discovery call to discuss children’s book illustration needs.
Or if you prefer, please email me at info[at]divineny[dot]com.
