A beautiful image is not automatically a beautiful book illustration. The characters might look impressive, but do they look like your characters? Does the scene carry the right emotion? And when you place it beside the text, does it belong on the page, or does it feel pasted in? That is the difference I care […]
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You've finished the story. The characters feel alive in your head. Then you open a blank file and realize the question isn't just what happens next, it's what the book should look like, who gets to draw it, and how many production decisions are hiding inside that choice. For first-time authors, children's book illustration can […]