Illustration from the children's book, Tight Times
1. Texture is everything. Texture creates a personal connection to the viewer.
2. Misconception: children's book illustration has to look like drawn by kids. Most likely not everyone will appreciate kid-type drawings, children aspire to draw better than they can. It need not always be cartoony (anime/manga) or disney-like (although nothing is wrong with that also) but should always look delightful. Illustration should be easily comprehensible but not too literal, make it open-ended.
3. Lift from quirky but positive childhood experiences.
4. Draw unusual angles or perspectives of a scene.
5. Work on extra details, make up some back, sub stories or subplots not found in the texts.
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3 comments:
I love your blog, Serj.
It's so informative. :) - yas
Thanks, Yas! you should blog too, so we can have a lot of resources on our field.
Btw, why are you on anonymous mode? lol
Great entries and drawings! I hope to read more :)
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