How to get started illustrating Children's Books - Part 1

How do you set about illustrating children's books? Well, in this series of videos, I'll show you what goes into my process.
Recently, I was asked to illustrate a book of prize-winning short stories - written by children, inspired by the style and themes of Roald Dahl - in the Welsh Books Council Dahlightful writing competition for schools. bit.ly/Dahlightful
Illustrating a single story involves designing one set of characters, I had 17 stories to illustrate and some were written in Welsh - a language I don’t speak too much of. This video shows how I set about the project. Follow along with my Illustrating Kid's Books playlist. bit.ly/Illustra...
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Everyone asks about the tools I use when I'm out using my sketchbook. here's a video to show you what and how I use them. • How To Use A Sketchbook
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Shoo Rayner is an award-winning illustrator and author of over 200 books for children.
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