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In this video, I'll tell you in detail how I decided to illustrate a children's book myself, knowing nothing about book illustration, and what I encountered over these 9 months. You can see all the illustrations in an open post on Boosty: https://boosty.to/happyksu/posts/77ba... Look for more videos on Boosty: https://boosty.to/happyksu You can buy merch here: https://vk.com/market-33684255?screen... #art #drawing #illustrations 00:00 - What text I illustrated 01:29 - Character concepts 03:14 - What I knew about book illustration before starting the project 04:00 - More about my motivation 04:42 - Concepts of secondary characters 05:25 - Text layout and page composition 06:23 - Drawing the first spread 08:12 - The second and third spreads, full-page illustration 09:20 - Complex quadruple spread 10:31 - Additional background characters that are not in the text 11:12 - The easiest fifth spread 12:30 - Why I chose the square format 13:39 - About the chosen illustration style 14:45 - The next pages and the complex jumping pose of the kitten 15:43 - Why I took on book illustration in the first place and the experiences of this project 18:55 - The penultimate spread and lighting in the illustrations 19:18 - The final spread 20:11 - Adding text 21:10 - Endpapers 21:57 - Cover 22:50 - Front page 23:30 - How long did this project take me READ THE DESCRIPTION BEFORE ASKING A QUESTION Hi, my name is Ksenia, and I have been running a channel about drawing for several years now. I draw portraits and illustrations with watercolors, acrylics and digital media, keep sketchbooks, review various art materials and share it all with you. Frequently asked questions: 1. How old are you? - 24 2. Where do you live? - Nizhny Novgorod 3. Did you go to art school? - Self-taught, I entered the university on my own to study art 4. What do you draw with? - There are two separate videos on the channel about my materials, where I talk about all my tools in quite a lot of detail. Thank you for watching! I would be very glad to receive your likes, comments and subscriptions! For cooperation inquiries, please contact the VK community via private messages https://vk.com/happyksuart or by email: [email protected]