Amazing Books for Children
Three Easy Children’s Book Digital Illustration Tips Creating children’s book digital illustrations can be daunting. I started digital illustrating when Adobe Photoshop was relatively new and a perfect creative device for me as an entry-level user. The technology advanced beyond my wildest expectations, with dozens of ways to achieve magical effects. While newer versions of Photoshop include ever-advanced features, I tend to use 3 key tools to… Read More
Storytelling Art — Transforming Photographs into Fantasy Images Five years ago I began creating children’s book illustrations with Photoshop and discovered a new genre — Storytelling Art. That’s because I had no formal training as an artist, but I was computer savvy from my medical science research work. Photoshop fascinated me — it seemed the perfect tool for illustrating, especially because I can’t draw. I took photographs of… Read More
Multicultural Diversity in Children’s Books Spurs Sales in 2015 Excellent news for the children’s book industry and multicultural diversity in kids’ books was revealed at a Nielsen Summit held in September 2015 in New York. Jonathan Nowell, president of Nielsen Book, shared the following encouraging statistics: Children’s book sales are up 12.6% in the US for the period between January… Read More
