Why a Picture Book Collection is Important for Self Taught Illustrators

Savannah Lazo
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Published 2023-03-19
Today I am talking about my picture book collection and why they are such a great resource if you are looking to get into illustration and may not want to invest a lot of money to start. Illustrators are pretty lucky that they can pick up a literal map of their inspiration's minds!

00:00 Introduction
01:59 How To Make Friends with a Ghost
03:21 Madame Saqui
05:03 A Bear Far from Home
06:11 Margaret's Unicorn
07:10 The Mermaid Moon
08:13 Mina
09:28 That's Not My Name
10:18 As Strong As a River
11:17 The Complete Brambly Hedge
12:10 Green on Green
13:18 Outro

Thank you for your support :D

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Ipad Pro 2019
Apple Pen 2
Procreate
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Peppermint
6B
Stucco

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All Comments (15)
  • @_5adie
    All of Shaun Tan's books are incredible and my personal favorite is Cicada
  • @StephenWorth
    You should think beyond what it is you want to do. if you want to illustrate children's books and all you look at are other children's books, you'll never go beyond what's already been done. Look at all kinds of illustration from all time periods and look at fine art. Analyze it for techniques that you can apply to picture books that have never been used before. Look at real life Look at other styles and cultures. The illustration that is successful is illustration that thinks outside the box, not illustration that just checks off the boxes imitating other illustration... Look at the masters of illustration... Artzybasheff, Leindecker, Rackham, Dulac, Harry Clarke, Mary Blair. Stuff that is totally different from what you do.
  • @NicoleAlmendrada
    I love Rebecca Green illustrations, I was in her patreon and I loved it. I just found the lovely Book "The Shy Ones" bby Simona Ciraolo, and I really recommend it, not just the technique, but also the story. My picture book illustrator of all time is Shaun Tan, especially "The Arrival" and "Red Tree" book. Thank you for sharing!
  • @lilacdoodz
    Love your collection, thank you for sharing!
  • @atcreateartworks
    Thanks for sharing 🫶🏼 Wonderful book recommendations and process insight. They are beautiful 😍
  • @nina1528
    this is lovely. i have a couple of felicita sala books that I bought recently, Lunch at 10 pomegranate street and also Be a Tree. so beautifully drawn. i have a couple of Teagan White books which have sweet critters in them. the only rebecca green book I have (so far) is digital copy A year with Mama Earth. Also one book by Julia Sarda, The Listz, again similar style to the above. For more colourful books I’m a fan of both Sandhya Prabhat and Chaaya Prabhat. I like Jim Field and Oliver styles too. very bright and bold.
  • @kasiahebda
    Thank you for this video - I love it ♥ it was nice to see some of my favourite illustrators here. You should check out a book 'Maps' by Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielińscy, they are non fiction, but made with so much fun. I think you would like it.
  • @aflopera
    Shaun Tan and Joanna Concejo are my favorites