Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication

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The successful book illustrator starts by understanding his author's flight of fancy, then rendering the ideas and actions imaginatively in pictorial terms. This unusual and inspiring book was written for art students and ambitious beginners. It instructs on methods of developing both imaginative powers and the technical artistic skills to produce high quality illustrations that will please authors and children's book editors. Separate chapters focus on:

Media, materials, and techniques
Developing different drawing styles to fit specific storytelling methods
Instilling visual personality traits in story characters
Creating effective sequential images for storyboards and picture book outlines
Design, typography, and preparation for print
Illustrating story books for older children
Illustrating nonfiction and educational books
Breaking into the children's book publishing business

Here is solid, practical instruction for students of book illustration, enhanced with more than 250 how-to illustrations in color and black-and-white.

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You'd expect an overview of children's book illustration to be chock-full of pictures, and this book does not disappoint. Each delicious page is designed to appeal to the reader. Salisbury, who is an illustrator himself, clearly adores the world of children's lit. He has organized the book into logical topics, beginning with a brief history of the genre. He moves on to the importance of drawing, then covers most of the media used to illustrate children's books: watercolor, acrylic, collage, prints and even computer-based illustration. No one book could or should stand as drawing teacher, and there are hundreds written on the individual media, but Salisbury's cursory tour is well done, with many fine examples to illustrate. To his credit, his choices are eclectic. He does not believe there is one "way" to draw that is particularly suitable for children, rather he supports any good art that has passion, surprise, imagination, and the ability to enchant. The book also deals with differences between picture books, books for older children, nonfiction illustration, character development, design and typography, and concludes with some helpful advice when trying to get published. It would be a delightful browse-through for anyone, although it seems particularly directed at the student or artist intending to enter the field. The writing is not nearly as interesting as the author's ideas or his visual examples, and occasionally he talks about pictures that are not shown, so we need to rely on his writing even more. Small criticism, however, for a lovely book that encourages the artist to enter the field. KLIATT Codes: SA—Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, andadults. 2004, Barron's, 144p. illus., Ages 15 to adult.
—Susan Avishai

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Illustrators of children's books have come into their own as fine artists. In this comprehensive, enchanting work, Salisbury, who is course director for the master of arts degree in children's book illustration at Anglia University, Cambridge, England, surveys the genre's distinguished history with examples from Caldecott, Greenaway, N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, and Howard Pyle. Salisbury points to Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen as the bar for the quality and range of illustrative work. Through sketches and annotations, Salisbury explains how to create fantasy, fairy tale, realism, and nature drawing. Written for advanced students, the book covers storyboards and layouts, contracts, copyrights, and how to present one's work professionally. Highly recommended for all collections. For a gallery of ideas on the subject, some collections may also want to add Abrams's Wings of an Artist: Children's Book Illustrators Talk About Their Art. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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The chapters of this richly illustrated book touch on everything from media, materials, and techniques to design and typography, but the information given is not enough to actually teach the subject. Instead, the author gives readers a brief but interesting overview. For instance, in the chapter entitled "Character Development," Salisbury discusses mannerisms, facial expressions, and child-friendliness of characters, but doesn't tell readers how to actually create these effects on their own. However, this book does a very good job of addressing the many elements of illustration for someone who is unfamiliar with the process. Topics such as "What to illustrate," "Dynamics of composition and layout," and "Type as image" give a more concrete concept of the profession and artistry. The featured artwork is all pulled from children's picture books to demonstrate the concepts in the related text. Some are spot illustrations, a character or scene cut from its background, while others are spreads reduced to fit within the page with accompanying text. Colorful and lively, the illustrative material is indispensable to the content. A fine choice for adults interested in illustration, or as a resource for someone new to discussing art in children's books.-Heather E. Miller, Homewood Public Library, AL Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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ISBN-13: 9780764127175
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/15/2004
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 205,222
Product dimensions: 9.50 (w) x 9.50 (h) x 0.35 (d)

Chapter 1	A Brief History
	Introduction	8
	The 19th Century and the Golden Age	10
	The 20th Century	14
	Children's Book Illustration Now	16
Chapter 2	Drawing
	Introduction	20
	The Life Studio	22
	Drawing Children	24
	Drawing Animals	28
	On Location	30
	Case Study: A Sense of Place	32
	From Observation into Imagination	34
	Case Study: Nature Feeds Imagination	38
Chapter 3	Media, Materials, and Techniques
	Introduction	40
	Watercolor	42
	Acrylic Paint	46
	Oil Paints and Pastels	48
	Black-and-White Work	50
	Case Study: From Oil to Acrylic	52
	Print-based Media	54
	Collage and Mixed Media	56
	Computers	58
	Case Study: Going Digital	60
Chapter 4	Character Development
	Introduction	62
	Getting to Know Your Characters	64
	Animals as Characters	68
	Case Study: Kitamura's Creatures	70
	Animating the Inanimate	72
Chapter 5	The Picture Book
	Introduction	74
	Concepts and Ideas	76
	Form	78
	The Sequential Image	80
	Words and Pictures	84
	Novelties and Pop-ups	86
	Making Dummy Books	88
	Case Study: The Wordless Book	90
	Case Study: A Word/Image Relationship	92
Chapter 6	Illustration for Older Children
	Introduction	94
	What to Illustrate	96
	Setting the Scene	98
	Book Covers	100
	Illustrating Poetry	104
	Case Study: Following your Passions	106
Chapter 7	Nonfiction Illustration
	Introduction	108
	History Books	110
	Practical, "How-it-Works" Books	112
	Alphabets, Dictionaries, and Counting Books	114
	Case Study: Mazes and Hidden Treasure	116
Chapter 8	Design and Typography
	Introduction	118
	Dynamics of Composition and Layout	120
	A Concern for Design	122
	Case Study: Type as Image	124
Chapter 9	Getting Published
	Introduction	126
	Professional Approaches	128
	The Publisher's View	132
	Contracts and Money	134
	Glossary	136
	Resources	138
	Index and Credits	140

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