Collaborating with the Author as a children’s book illustrator
28/06/2025
Interpreting others' visions is crucial across sectors like filmmaking, designing, publishing, marketing, and translation, where understanding ideas and thoughts is challenging. As a children’s book illustrator, I sometimes struggle to understand authors initially, but see it as a challenge. It’s not just technical skill but balancing writing and illustrating to reflect the author’s imagination. So, how can I work effectively with authors? I ask myself questions like how to serve better, where to improve, what visual references to use, and how my illustrations will affect authors and children. I focus on these when I work.
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