Category: books
When an illustration goes wrong – Illustrating Children’s books part 4
Yesterday, I showed you how I’d been illustrating winning stories from the Welsh Books Council Dahlightful schools writing competition See yesterday’s post here: Today, in part 4, I’m showing you how I illustrated a story called The Real Ultimate Treasure Hunter by Ffion Haf Davies from Ysgol Gyfun G?yr. It’s a fighting Fantasy kind of story,…
Illustrating Children’s Books with Photoshop Effects
Yesterday, I showed you how I’d been illustrating winning stories from the Welsh Books Council Dahlightful schools writing competition See yesterdays video here: Today, in part 3, I’m showing you how I illustrated a story by Finnuala Buckley from Bishop Headley High School. The illustration required me to draw a portal in the ice.…
How to go about illustrating children’s books
How do you set about illustrating children’s books? Well, in a new series of videos, I’ll show you what goes into my process. Recently, I was asked to illustrate a book of prize-winning short stories, written by children, inspired by the style and themes of Roald Dahl – in the . Illustrating a single story involves…