Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication

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$24.37 - $81.04
UPC:
9780764127175
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2004-08-01
Author:
Martin Salisbury
Language:
english
Edition:
First Edition

Product Overview

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 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.

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