Bringing your stories to life: illustration of children's books

Margherita Passarini

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About this service

Summary

Hi, I am Margherita an Italian children's book illustrator, my goal is to help authors and writers bring their stories to life.

For more than a year I have been collaborating with publishing houses and private writers on children's books and school illustrations.

Have you ever had a fantastic children's story written but had no idea how to represent it? How it could be developed within the pages of the book or how to bring the characters and settings to life?

Well, I also have always loved to invent stories in order to tell them to anyone who would listen and it was the strong need to bring the characters and stories I was creating to life that pushed me to become an illustrator.

I think that when making illustrations for a book, the most important thing is to be able to best capture the emotions of the characters and make them shine through facial expressions and gestural movements.

In my illustrations I always try to make funny and amusing characters by placing them in lively and dynamic contexts.

I undertake the entire stage of the book creation processe with the utmost enthusiasm and attention to detail.

Thank you for your attention

FAQs

Why should I work with you?
I have already collaborated on several children's books with various publishing houses including: • Edizioni Effigi • Arashi publishing house • NextCore Press • Babibidi-bu • Rizzoli education. So I am sure I have the right skills to realise your project
How you work?
I create illustrations with digital technique in cartoon style. I give top priority to the quality of the illustrations, delivery within the stipulated time and customer review.
If I want to work with you, what can I do?
Very simple, before you do anything send me a message and explain your project so we can agree on a custom proposal suitable for you, Can't wait !

What's included

Character Design
Study of character design from first pencil sketches to final colour.
Storyboard
First sketches to understand where to place the elements within the book
Final Layout
Creating the final tracks for all pages of the book
Colour Proofs
very quick colour proofs to choose the palette
Definitive Coloring
Final coloring including light and shade of each page of the book
Cover Design
Creation of the front and back cover. From initial sketches to final coloring

Example projects