7 tips for illustrating your first children’s picture book
I have always wanted to illustrate a children’s picture book for as long as I can remember. There is definitely something magical about creating your own visual world that you can share with others. Just over a year ago I had no idea how to go about illustrating a children’s picture book, and the thought of ever getting a book contract seemed improbable. Today I am writing this post as a published illustrator — my debut picture book “Make a Face” came out in 2017 with an incredible independent children’s publisher Pow!Kids, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Last year I also illustrated a lovely title for Scholastic Asia “Pete the Penguin gets lost”.
In this blog post I wanted to share the background story of illustrating my first picture book. Hopefully other illustrators who have the same dream of seeing their stories and ideas come to live in a children’s book will find this post useful. Without much more rambling, here are my seven revelations from illustrating a picture book, based on the lessons that I have learnt while working on “Make a Face”.
