Making a Picture Book from Start to Finish

(NOTE: Please do not contact me for illustration work; I do not take on self-published projects and only accept work directly through publishers via my agent.) Hello Art Friends! I’m Anoosha Syed, a professional children’s book illustrator and today I’m going to go step-by-step in how I illustrate picture books. Specifically, I AM PERFECTLY DESIGNED, written by Karamo and Jason Brown, published by Henry Holt & Co (Macmillan) in 2019. I will be talking about the following: 00:00 - Intro 03:35 - How I got the Job (Through Twitter!) 05:48 - Character Design 10:46 - Designing a Cover 19:30 - Sketching Interiors 27:57 - Clean Up and Revisions 31:06 - Placing your Text 33:39 - Color Blocking and Color Palettes 35:34 - Final Color 37:43 - When You and Your Publisher Have Different Ideas 39:32 - Conclusion In my next video I’ll be talking about how to get an agent. Stay tuned for that! --- MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO ○ Buy I AM PERFECTLY DESIGNED- ○ Buy Monster and Boy - ○ Watch the Netflix Bookmarks Clip - ○ Agents 101 - ○ My Art Director Video Guide - ○ Josh Funks Guide - ○ Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud - --- LINKS ★ Patreon - ★Twitter - ★Instagram - ★Portfolio - ★Shop - --- MY GEAR ○ Tablet - ○ Tablet Stand - ○ Camera - DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! All music is from Epidemic Sound Outro music by Louie Zong