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I’m starting work on a new Picture-book today. Yay! (Book 4)

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I’m starting work on a new Picture-book today. Yay! (Book 4)

I started by making a checklist, here it is.

Adam Ming
Oct 20, 2022
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I’m starting work on a new Picture-book today. Yay! (Book 4)

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  1. Tell Mom! (She sends prayers, those help!)

  2. Take notes from the brief, write questions, and schedule a chat with the Creative Director.

  3. Print out the text

  4. Immerse yourself in the text

  5. Study the competition

  6. Create a moodboard

  7. Itemise icons and locations to draw

  8. Develop Characters

  9. Sketch Covers

  10. Thumbnail book

  11. Sketch Roughs by Christmas

  12. Then make another list

What did I miss?

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Jen Gubicza
Writes Rhymes with Pizza
Oct 20, 2022Liked by Adam Ming

Congrats on starting book 4! It might be part of your "thumbnail the book" stage, but something I'd add in would be to identify the magical moments, circle them in the text and ask these questions: Which spreads are you most excited to illustrate? How do you see those on the page? At what point do they fall in the story? What spreads come before and after and how can those support each other? (designing a book for impact is one of my favorite parts of the thumbnail process, so I'd just separate it out as a stage on its own).

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Vrushali
Writes Modern Lit Guide
Oct 20, 2022Liked by Adam Ming

Congratulations Adam! You forgot "taking breaks" in there! Make sure you are not over-working. Very easy to do so nowadays 😅

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