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Creating the look for my children’s book

Creating the look for my children’s book

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Athena Cooper
Dec 03, 2024
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Amid the demands of exhausting rehab and renovation schemes, art is still being made—albeit more slowly than I would like.

I’ve been focused on designing my characters and establishing the style for my first children’s book illustration project, “The Perfect Ride.”

Digital pencil sketch of two cartoon characters done in blue. One young girl sits in a power wheelchair wearing warm winter clothes. She has two flame-like pigtails and a determined expression on her face. The other young girl stands beside her wearing a long toque with ear flaps, a long scarf and a warm wool coat.

With my thumbnail draft of the full book approved in October, the next step was to design …

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