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Illustrations
add excitement and character to your book. Simple, small illustrations added to
the chapter page enhance the style and layout. Full page illustrations of fictional
characters give the reader a sense of familiarity that lends credibility to your
character development. Maps and drawings can be used to support your story line
and lead the reader through the world you have created.
We work
closely with you to find out what type and style of illustrations will best suite
your book. With fictional work we look for scenes that have movement and elements
that will create an exciting composition for illustration. We will ask you what
your characters look like, what emotions should be captured, or what backdrops
are appropriate.
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Black
and white -
pen and ink, pencil, photos, etc. |
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Full
color - watercolor, colored pencil, pastel, photo collage, etc. |
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Sample Illustration Styles |
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Fiction
& Children's Book Illustration
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fiction and children's books requires an illustrator who will get to know your
characters. We read your story closely to find out how your characters, places,
buildings, landscape and other elements are described throughout your story to
add credibility to your illustrations. We will work with you, the author, to story
board what scenes or characters you would like illustrated. The elements in the
scene of the illustration are carefully composed to add drama and emotion. Illustrations
in books for very young readers need to be carefully crafted to match the story
and give the child a clear "picture" of what the story is telling. The
illustrations are an important part of the book to a child who is too young to
read. Creating illustrations that a child can relate to, that are fun and entertaining,
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Sample
Children's Book
Illustrations and Design
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draws, computer colored, full color cover illustration, black & white, pen/ink/pencil
inside illustrations, typesetting and layout, cover design. |
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Technical
Illustrations
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Technical
illustrations can be used in manuals, self-help books, fiction and nonfiction
books to help support information. Step-by-step illustrations of projects in crafts
books, demonstration illustrations in exercise books, graphs and charts in diet
books, are a few of the different types of technical illustrations.
We work closely with you to make sure your illustrations are both accurate and
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Fiction,
Nonfiction and Historical Maps
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Maps are
an important part of many types of books. Maps give the reader a better since
of where the story took place. Stories with a lot of travel are especially enhanced
by maps that give departure and destination points, important landmarks and routes
traveled.
We can create
fictional maps based upon places and events in your story line. The style of the
map can be created to compliment the style of the story to lend credibility.
Maps of
real places are created to be accurate in proportion, with names and places checked
to provide accurate information. Maps can be created in different styles to compliment
the subject of the book.
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Charts
and Graphs
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Business
related books, technical papers and manuals can be greatly enhanced with graphs
and charts by conveying information to the reader in clear, simple, easy to understand
terms.
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Information
pertaining to economics and sociology are excellent candidates for using graphs
and charts. They help break up large sections of technical information, and give
the reader a synopsis of the information in an easy to understand form.
Everyone
is familiar with the usual pie charts and linear graphs, but they can also be
offered in much more fun and enjoyable formats. For instance, if you are referring
to how many cups of coffee consumers purchase in an average month, why not use
coffee cups to represent the quantities?
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