Picture Book: Visual Ideas

Page Layout:

  • 10 ” x 8″ in size (large landscape – blurb.com)
  • Informal/Very Informal text layout (around the images, within the page – not top or bottom)
  • Double & Single page spreads

Illustrations (cats):

  • Simplistic
  • Hand drawn line art with colouring done on a graphics tablet
  • Anthropomorphic features – facial expressions, stand on two feet at times

Background:

  • Block coloured background
  • Illustrations on top with background imagery scattered over plain background
  • The whole page will not be illustrated (like The Gruffalo)

Type:

  • Sans Serif
  • E.g. Helvetica, Calibri, Verdana,
  • Easy to read
  • Size alters depending on story
  • My own font?

Colours:

  • Pale colours to fill background
  • Overall very pale colours but a variety of colours throughout 
  • Speck:

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