Learn what makes illustration work for young readers who cannot yet read the words.

You can illustrate a scene that tells its story without any text at all.

• Study age appropriate styles, shapes, and colour choices
• Draw clear emotion and action that a child can read instantly
• Keep a character recognisable across different poses and scenes

Turn a manuscript into spreads with pacing, page turns, and room for text.

You can storyboard a full picture book that reads well from cover to cover.

• Break a story into spreads and plan the rhythm of the page turns
• Compose each spread with space reserved for type
• Build a dummy book to test pacing before starting final artwork

Produce finished artwork with a consistent style, palette, and character across every page.

You can deliver a full set of illustrations that feel like one book.

• Hold a colour palette and a lighting logic across a whole book
• Keep characters on model over dozens of illustrations
• Balance detail so backgrounds support rather than compete with the characters

Prepare for publication and work with publishers on the terms illustrators actually meet.

You can deliver a print ready picture book and negotiate the work that produced it.

• Set up files with bleed, gutter allowance, and print colour profiles
• Prepare cover artwork, endpapers, and title page requirements
• Approach publishers, read contracts, and understand licensing and royalties