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Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication
Illustrating Children's Books Creating Pictures for Publication Author:Martin Salisbury The successful book illustrator starts by understanding his authors flight of fancy, then rendering the ideas and actions imaginatively in pictorial terms. This unusual and inspiring book was written for art students and ambitious beginners. It instructs on methods of developing both imaginative powers and the technical artistic skills to ... more »produce high quality illustrations that will please authors and childrens book editors. Separate chapters focus on:
Media, materials, and techniques
Developing different drawing styles to fit specific storytelling methods
Instilling visual personality traits in story characters
Creating effective sequential images for storyboards and picture book outlines
Design, typography, and preparation for print
Illustrating story books for older children
Illustrating nonfiction and educational books
Breaking into the childrens book publishing business Here is solid, practical instruction for students of book illustration, enhanced with more than 250 how-to illustrations in color and black-and-white.