Character Design Tips for Children’s Book Illustration
One of the first steps when developing a story is to get to know your characters . You want to make sure that your character design is appealing, timeless and has a unique style. Here are a few tips for developing a character design for children’s books: Develop your character’s personality You want to know everything there is to know about them: what they like, what they don’t like, what is their motivation, what is their conflict, etc. Silhouettes/ Negative Space I like to start sketching my characters by making basic graphic shapes as silhouettes. This process helps so that we are able to recognize the character even if we don’t see too many details. When doing this make sure that the proportions of your character are varied so that the design is more interesting. Play with your designs so that the silhouettes are also asymmetrical. This could also help to create more dynamic shapes, you can use their costume, hair or other objects to play with the negative space and to play w...