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Book Child Freelance Illustration In Job Work
Illustrating children's books is a dream for some artists, but it takes more than dreaming to impress a book publisher. Illustrators need flare, persistence and a clean package to get work illustrating kids books.
Develop an Illustration Style
To catch the eye of a publishing house, a children's book illustrator needs to develop a very distinctive illustration style. Publishers want readers to pick up a book and say, "I loved the last book this guy illustrated, so I'm going to buy this book, too."
Eric Carle, who created The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?, and Maurice Sendak, who created Where the Wild Things Are, are good examples of distinctive style in children's book illustration.