Banana Chronicles: Mapping the Island
Since I began working on the Banana Chronicle, one of the client’s concern was my commitment to do the whole series. Tim Brower, my client, wants all six books to look and feel consistent. His initial thought was to split…
Banana Chronicles: Consistency
Illustrating a children book is different than drawing a poster. It’s even more difficult if we’re talking about illustrating children books that span a whole series. Inconsistency is known to plague children books. Same characters…
Banana Chronicles: Layers, Wow or Woe?
Our clients receive the project final illustrations in Photoshop Dcoument (PSD) files. PSD is a very versatile format that allows us to work with images in multiple layers. We can draw objects in separate layers…
Banana Chronicles: From Script to Print
You might wonder how long does it take to create one illustration. It’s impossible to give a straight answer and I hope taking you through our workflow can shed some light on it. It’s all…
Banana Chronicles: Getting the Contract
The project description was quite short: tropical location, animals, and people. My first task was to create a sketch for the cover of the book. Judging by the client’s lukewarm response, I thought I blew my…
