Non-fiction picture books
Picture books are how we learn to read, following the images and letting the character lead you through the narrative. For an illustrator there is loads to get your head around including rhythm and pacing, story curves, character development, how to add drama and tone, balancing text and image on a big page. This is why it a great project to set our Year 2 illustrators! We asked students to design a non-picture book of their choice, mapping out a short dummy book first, then completing two of the spreads as resolved illustrations. Lots used a social issue as their concept, others took a more personal route. Some took a classic picture book form, and others explored a comic form. Here are a few of the results:
Illustration: Violet Colley, 2019
Illustration: Jess Birdsall, 2019
(Banner illustration: Monika Stachowiak, 2019)
