book illustration: which comes first, drawings or text layout?
i’m a newbie in illustrating children’s books, i’m pretty much doing it on my own… i have a project right now wherein the author’s story (he’s self-publishing) is in a 5-page MS Word document. i’ve no problem cutting up the story for the storyboard (I have 15 boards) but before i start working on the final drawings, i started thinking how the illos will be laid out on the page. i think i’m also layouting the book. if ever, which should i do first, layout the text on the page or work on the illustrations first then layout the text around the illustrations?
thanks in advance.
I would work with the author on cutting up the text between the pages so the book tells the story how he wishes to tell it. From there, think about how you want to illustrate the text on a particular page, and figure out how to place the text in such a way that your illustrations and the placement of the text enhance each other. One thing to remember is that the text doesn’t have to be in one big block. Break it up the text even further if you have to, and move it around a bit.
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