Jason P.
Children's Book Illustrator | KDP AND INGRAMSPARK LAYOUT
I DRAW. I DON’T PROMPT. NO AI. 🎨 **Children’s Book Illustrator & Layout Artist** ✨ Nearly 6 years of experience 📚 60+ children’s book titles ✍️ Hand-drawn illustrations 📖 Picture books • Educational books • Comics 💻 Professional book layout & formatting 🌟 **I bring stories to life through art that children enjoy and parents remember.** 🖐️WHAT I CAN PROVIDE 🥸Childrens Book Illustration I create engaging hand drawn illustrations that match your story characters setting mood and target age group. Whether you need a playful cartoon style charming storybook artwork expressive characters or detailed scenes I can develop an illustration style that fits your project. 🥸Character Design I can create unique memorable characters based on your manuscript description references or ideas. Character development can include facial expressions poses clothing accessories personality traits and consistent proportions throughout the entire book. 🥸Full Book Illustration I can illustrate your complete childrens book from the first page to the final page while maintaining consistent characters colors environments and visual storytelling. I can work from your manuscript storyboard or detailed illustration brief. 🥸Book Cover Design I create attractive front covers designed to capture attention and communicate the story immediately. I can develop the main characters composition typography placement and visual concept for your book cover. 🥸Storyboards and Visual Development Before creating final artwork I can help develop the visual direction of your story through rough sketches thumbnails compositions and scene planning. This helps ensure that the pacing composition and storytelling work well before final illustration. 📗Book Layout and Formatting I can also prepare your illustrated book for publishing by arranging illustrations text and page elements into a clean professional layout. I have experience preparing files for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark. 📗Print Ready Files I can organize and prepare your final files according to your publishing requirements including high resolution illustrations page layouts covers and other required artwork. I can provide files in formats such as PSD PNG and INDD depending on your project needs. 📗EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING BOOKS I also create illustrations for educational materials activity books worksheets learning resources phonics books reading materials and other child focused publications. I understand the importance of making educational content visually appealing age appropriate and easy for children to understand. MY ILLUSTRATION APPROACH I focus on expressive characters clear storytelling appealing compositions and consistency from page to page. I pay close attention to your manuscript references art direction color palette character details and revision requests so the finished artwork reflects your vision. I believe communication is an important part of the illustration process. I provide progress updates and can work through sketches revisions and final artwork in an organized workflow. 🙌WHY WORK WITH ME 🫠Professional Children's Book Illustrator 🫠Nearly five years of illustration experience 🫠More than 60 children's book titles illustrated 🫠Hand drawn illustration focused workflow 🫠Character design and visual storytelling experience 🫠Book cover design and interior layout 🫠Amazon KDP and IngramSpark formatting experience 🫠High quality print ready artwork 🫠Organized and professional communication 🫠Open to revisions and client feedback 🥸I DO NOT USE AI GENERATED IMAGES FOR MY ILLUSTRATION WORK. Send me your manuscript project details references, or visual ideas, and let's discuss how we can bring your story to life through art.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $866
Billed in all: $19,047$19k
$289 in the last 6 months
Across 37 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 19% in Sketch
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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