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While the process of designing illustrations varies for each illustrator, one thing is common to both Francis and Terry: the text drives the design for the illustration.
“Once I have a manuscript in hand, the real fun begins. Usually during the very first reading of the story, the ideas and images start flowing into my head,” Francis explains. “I often start scribbling thumbnail sketches in the margins or on another piece [of paper] just so I can capture those initial thoughts and ideas.”
“At that time I have a good idea in my head of what the characters look like, where they live, how they dress, personalities, relationships … you name it. Then the tricky part begins: getting the images that are in my head onto paper so that others can see what I see.”
Like Francis, Terry also uses the text of the book as a starting point for his designs. “You want the text to rely on the images and the images to rely on the text- that’s how I think a perfect picture book is.”
He continues,“I love the interplay between the text and pictures. When I read a line of text, I really try to envision and feel what the characters are feeling and try to get into their mindset, motivations, and experiences. We all have experience that are usually similar to what the characters are experiencing in the book. I always hope to convey that vision through my illustrations.”
Impact of Illustrations
When children read picture books, they are able to envision the story in a way that helps them relate to the characters. Francis knows this well from personal experience. “Children’s book illustrations really played a huge role in my life growing up, though I didn’t know it at the time. I still remember my favorites that my mom would read to me. [The illustrations] invited me into the stories I was hearing or reading. They made the places more real and connected me more closely with the characters. The art opened my creativity.”
Those early experiences are what inspired Francis in his own illustrations. “That is the same thing I want my illustrations to do for children. I want them to engage their minds. I want people to look back and remember how much that book meant to them, to remember the feeling they got when Mom or Dad read it to them.”
The benefits of illustrations are even greater for children who struggle with reading or who don’t enjoy it. Terry’s experiences growing up taught him this firsthand.
“Personally, I was one of those reluctant readers. If it wasn’t for the illustrations, I may have never loved to read. I pretended to read and just looked at pictures. Sometimes I would look at an illustration and not quite understand what was going on or why a character was doing what he was doing,” Terry says.
“I had to force myself to go through the words and realize, ‘Oh, that’s what is going on.’ . . . It is our job to put the reader into the world that the author has created in a way that will make them want to read the text or make them want to find out more.”
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An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process,[1] designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. An illustration is typically created by an illustrator. Illustration also means providing an example; either in writing or in picture form. Illustrations are the drawings you find to make websites and apps more user-friendly (think emojis).
The origin of the word “illustration” is late Middle English (in the sense ‘illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment’): via Old French from Latin illustratio, from the verb illustrare.[3]