Kristen Lake
Illustration
The Hungry Snails
Illustration Process
I begin my illustration process with rough ideation sketches, first for main characters and then for scene composition.
After some serious storming of the brain, I carefully plan out thumbnails for the entire book.
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I design these with the correct proportions to the final product.
Then I use the thumbnail sketches as a guide to compose full page spreads. Before I even begin, I format my document to the size and resolution required for printing.
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Step by step, I refine my crazy doodles into polished illustrations.
TRANSFORMATION!
I do this for the interior spreads, the front and back covers, and anywhere else that needs artwork, placing text last. I check it over 5 billion times and at last submit my files for print. All this results in a beautiful book:
