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  • 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.…

  • Illustrating Children’s Books – Part 2

    Yesterday, I showed you how I’d been reading the winning stories from the Welsh Books Council Dahlightful schools writing competition and how I decided how I was going to illustrate each story. Today, in part 2, I’ll show you how I go from a rough sketch to a piece of finished artwork. This Story, by…