This course offers an introduction to Children’s Book Illustration, exploring the relationship between concept, text and image. The class will give the students opportunity to select a text and practice illustrative techniques by choice. Exploring new approaches is part of the learning experience and the appropriate methods and materials will be discussed individually.

Students will:

1. Develop conceptual skills as they relate to image making.

2. Incorporate design components such as format, layout, and typography in the illustration process. It includes the ability to research for inspirational references, and practiced professionally based solutions.

 3. Develop a working familiarity with a variety of illustrative techniques and apply them to their illustration project.

4. Employ basic awareness of professional ethics and practices.

INTRODUCTION AND SPECIFICS OF THE ILLUSTRATION ART

Serial Art form, Visual Narrative, Research, Collaboration, Production Process

Different types of illustrations - Book Illustration, Children’s Book Illustration, Educational Illustration,

Editorial, Graphic Novels, Cartoons

Specifics of Book Illustration and of Children’s Book Illustration

 Illustrative Techniques

ANATOMY OF THE BOOK

Book Cover - Specifics

Dust Jacket

Front Matter

Book Body - Formats, Paper, Design Solutions

Back Matter

WORKING ON A BOOK PROJECT

Visual exploration of ideas- thumbnails

Character design development

Chapter illustrations, Single page, Spread, Spot/ Vignette, Frontispiece

Graphic design solutions, Working with type

Selection of technique, Technique exploration, Final art