Visual Elements Of Children’s Illustration Books

As with any design product there are various elements that are comprised within each piece. These are a few to take into consideration when designing for a children’s book: – Line Important in that it is used to… Read More

Belly Band Book Bindings

Having looked at the various ways of binding books, one process stood out to me the most; the belly band. I feel that I could effectively link this to my concept of the colouring book, by maintaining a… Read More

Experimenting With Background

To experiment with background, I chose to look into brush styles within Indesign, this is one outcome focusing on the illustration of the elephant.I tried to recreate a similar look and texture as if it had been roughly… Read More

Eagle Illustration

To input a slight colour palette I used shape elements to create a sense of a background; I utilised certain colours to recreate the environment  with which the selected animal lives within. So for example my illustration of… Read More

Illustrations from drawings

After researching into children’s illustrations it’s apparent that the majority of childrens literature incorporates animals as a way of reflecting the morals of the story; similar to anthropomorphism. From this I have decided to hand draw illustrations of… Read More