Illustrate A Page Of My First Picture Book With Me!
The first ever picture book I've ever illustrated is now available and I'm so excited to share it with you! I'll be making some videos very soon all about the creative process but for now I have a timelapse of one of the illustrations from the book!
It's written by the lovely Sarah Ayoub and published by HarperCollins Australia.
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I'll be on a hiking trip for a few days when this video is released so I'll answer your comments when I get back!
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Please please please, can you talk about all the stuff you need to know to print a book (color profile, dpi, file format...) i'm so lost !
@ArtBubble
2 жыл бұрын
yeah! can you please make a vid on that
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Perhaps I'll make a whole separate video on the technical bits, because it can definitely feel intimidating when you're getting started!
That was so magnificent and so super fun to watch my friend: )
Congratulations! So lovely book ❤ I like this colors and your cute style of drawing. Definitely I would like to have this book in my library.
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Aw that's so sweet of you!
Beautiful video and what a gorgeous book! Mimi I’m so excited for you!! Thank you for sharing this experience :))
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Aw thank you so much!
Questions for your next video: 1. How did you get the deal? (you contacting vs them contacting you😍) 2. Did you pitch your price or they did or it was a bit of both parties negotiation? 3. Were they completely dependent on you for illustration ideation or they had some inputs? 4. How difficult was it to handle a huge project + any tips for someone's first picture book? (Haha I'd love to have all of these answered, but if that's not possible, it's totally okay! ) Thanks in advance, mimi 🌈
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Great questions! I'll do my best to answer them all in the video I'll make about the book next month (or maybe I'll end up making a couple of videos on the topic 😄)
@pecocoart2789
9 ай бұрын
@@MimimooIllustration which software is thise
the page looks great! 😀 completely understand why you would think the email was a joke, not every day artist get a serious email like that
Wonderful Mimi 😘 what an exciting idea to have an actual physical book, printed and published, with your illustrations 💕
Absolutely lovely to watch (as always) Mimi! I'm so pleased for you, you work hard and definitely deserve your illustrations to be in a book!! Your time lapse was so therapeutic to watch 🙊🙊🙊🥰❤ ~ Rachel x
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Aw that's so kind, thank you so much Rachel! ❤
So exciting! Already got my copy. 😍
Congrats with the book, that is sooo cool! I love children's books and always look through them in libraries and book shops and love to find the hidden gem with pictures that speak to the imagination and just give me a warm feeling, those I would have loved as a child. They are rare and yours would certainly be on my favourites list.
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Aw thank you! I'm the same, I love looking through the children's book section!
@fairyintothewild8443
2 жыл бұрын
@@MimimooIllustration 💛
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations on your book! I am now working on my first book for a client!! It’s super fun!
@phoenixking9457
Жыл бұрын
How do you make The drawing spread out onto both pages?
very good experience Thank you
What kind of computer and drawing app do you use ? Your work is very beautiful !
Yeay you have n book I think children like this
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This is the dream! So happy for you Mimi! Lovely illustrations. I’m most curious about the layout process; do you get the text and then shoot them back some thumbnail ideas about your illustration concepts for each page and they approve? I would imagine you wouldn’t want to start the actual drawing/finishing stage if they didn’t in the end like that drawing idea. Can’t wait for the next video! Thanks for being a teacher and inspiration girl 💕✨
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
I'll definitely explain in an upcoming video about the whole creative process because I was also unsure about how it would work before I started, but basically I got the text and then drew all of the pages as draft sketches, they provided feedback on those and then I drew the colour illustrations 😊
this is gorgeous. I would love to have a bridge between illustrators and writers on my channel. Would love an interview or a panel with illustrators ❤️
This is so exciting Mimi, congratulations! Really cool to see this illustration come together, too. I can't wait to see more of the process and hear what it was like working with the publisher. One question I have is, did they give you the freedom to create the layout of the pages (like where the text goes) or did they send you the pages with the text and you had to draw around them and make your illustrations fit what was already there? Did they give a lot of feedback about how things had to look, or did they mostly let you do your own thing? Thanks in advance if you get to these questions!
Thanks for sharing this! Very nice illustrations. I saw where others were asking about technical aspects and that is a much needed video, please! Like the size of canvas, bleed, margins and spread. Are there templates that you can use as layers in illustrator or procreate? If not, you should make some I think people would buy them for sure. Thanks again for sharing your talents!
Hello Mimi...I hope you are enjoying hiking.🤗 I want to thank you for inspiring us with your journey. I watched your art jouney video and honestly my journey is quite similar to yours. I was also working as a freelance graphics designer. But I was not happy at all cause my dream was to be an artist. You inspired me a lot to restart my art journey. Thank you very much❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I want to know what is canvas size you used for the entire book to illustrate?
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Aw what a lovely comment, so sweet to hear that you have a similar journey to mine! ❤ I'll find the artboard size I used for the book and include it in the video I'm making about it 😊
@artistshraboni3926
2 жыл бұрын
@@MimimooIllustration Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful journey through positivity and kindness❣️❣️ Waiting for next the video❣️❣️
Congratulations Mimi!! 🙌🏻 I never know how to choose a price, if its a book with 25 illustrations, some have more than one character in it, others are more like props like the one you did on the video, do you price them differently? And is the cover supposed to be more expensive? It could be fun if you did a video of an hypothetical situation where you create a briefing and a budget of an illustration book 😊 Thank youuu!!! You're awesome!! 💖💖💖
@hislittlelightofmine
3 ай бұрын
Yes!!!! I second a hypothetical situation! I absolutely love all of your videos Mimi!
Mimi, do you have an agent now? I know your commissions are closed. I would LOVE to have you illustrate one of my books! ❤
Composition, composition, composition!!! How do you create your storyboard in an engaging way? I struggle with composition. Can you tell?lol
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Great question, I'll definitely explain my creative process for laying out the book and compositions in one of my upcoming videos!
Looks good Mimi, how did you learn photoshop? Is it comparable to procreate. I would be interested in learning the size of pages & how they are delivered to the publisher, how you decided on choosing one etc…
Congrats!!!! That is so exciting! Thank you for sharing some parts of the process. Did you have to add the text on the pages or did they give you a template?
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I roughly laid out the text and gave lots of space around it for the book designer to make changes if they wanted to, the actual art files I provided had no text (just the blank space) 😊
I'd love to watch one of your videos on the steps you need to take to make your art in a printable format too; the proper format and details like that. Also, I primarily use Procreate for illustrating, but I notice that in your program you have the layout for the pages, including the edges/bleed areas already there so you can see where your drawing is in relation to the words and page edges. Is that only something you can do with Adobe programs?
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
I'll definitely make a video about the technical breakdown for things like printing, I'm sure you could add bleed margins in Procreate because I've just added mine as a layer for a visual guide for myself that I can toggle on and off.
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I notice you’re back on your laptop do you find it easier on there than on Procreate on the iPad? X
What software or app are you using for this? Any basic needs for a first timer?
Can you share which font you used in your book?
Do you print it out after you get done drawing it
What program are you using?
What kind of device used?
Amazing!!! Is every page a separate Photoshop file.. ?
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I drew each spread as a separate Photoshop file. I could've layered them together as groups but I found it easier to do them separate so the files weren't huge 😊
The stylus looks comfortable. Did it come with the laptop? I have a Lenovo and I find the stylus too thin for my hand.
@MimimooIllustration
2 жыл бұрын
It's a really good one! It's a Microsoft Pen as a I have a Microsoft laptop, I like that it has a little rubber tip on the end 😊
@annaguettabi3974
2 жыл бұрын
@@MimimooIllustration I’ll have to look into it! Thank you so much!! ☺️
Where can I get your book?
What app did you used?
How did HC find you?
What laptop are you using? it so nice.
@MimimooIllustration
5 ай бұрын
Just posted a video about it this week! kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5ijpretf92odpc.html ✨
@mjpc_arts
5 ай бұрын
@@MimimooIllustration saw it! Thank you! I love your content by the way!.
No matter how hard i try i cant draw