Making a Picture Book from Start to Finish

(NOTE: Please do not contact me for illustration work; I do not take on selfpublished 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 stepbystep 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