Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764127179 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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All rights reserved. However, this book does a very good job of addressing the many elements of illustration for someone who is unfamiliar with the process. Instead, the author gives readers a brief but interesting overview. The featured artwork is all pulled from children's picture books to demonstrate the concepts in the related text. Miller, Homewood Public Library, ALCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Colorful and lively, the illustrative material is indispensable to the content. . A fi
"Ideal for authors, illustrators, parents, and teachers" according to Aisling D.. If you're interested in illustrated children's books, or any aspect of the illustration process, this book is fascinating.I'd like to write and illustrate some picture books, myself. I'm already an artist and an author, so the combination seems like a good mat. Jenny Argante said About not reinventing the wheel. I recently interested a prime New Zealand publisher in the idea of a book for intending children's book illustrators that would not only explain why but how to do it. The techniques, I told him; that's what most people leave out. Let's interview award-winning. Variety of styles JH Besides a cover that I find irresistible, this book contains a lot of useful information for someone who wants to illustrate a children's book. I appreciate the author legitimizes the use of computers in one section while bringing into high relief the traditio
This unusual and inspiring book was written for art students and ambitious beginners. The successful book illustrator starts by understanding his author’s flight of fancy, then rendering the ideas and actions imaginatively in pictorial terms. 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 children’s 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.. It instructs on methods of developing both imaginative po