Our Silky Flint is a really good new mommy

You may not want this freelance reality check. I get it. The Bottom line can be ugly in the freelance world. Some things can make it even uglier. It's best to see those before you dive into illustrating for money.

My ordeal with Boo!'s upload and the outcome

Using colored pencils to add detail.

Let's make a beautiful mess - and then make that mess beautiful. What do you say? And pardon my rambling (and the fact that you will get this process in video chunks). Art-ing is not always a "take two" type of situation.

When your camera decides that it isn't in the mood to restart a paused video, well, make a new video. =)

So, your idea book is done. What now? (creating and transferring "master" illustrations)

(From May 2020) Sorry folks, the picture book is going to have to go on the back burner for a while.
Update: So, it took a long time, a lot of money, and more patience than I actually have at my disposal, but the place is back up and running. We've got a new renter, and we're just watching the whole situation in a rather paranoid fashion in case another shoe wants to drop on our heads out of the blue. Remember: The only constant in the universe is change.

Before you set off on your picture book creation adventure, you need to know your Why! Plus, a tiny tid-bit about the publishing world.

Some tips and tricks to having a great working relationship with your idea book while planning your illustrations. Oh, and a little pep talk, too.

(This is from spring of 2020) I'm a little farther behind on making the next video. The sun has been shining. Mother Nature has been celebrating with some major growth in all the wrong places. I'm finding my balance between life and my project. (Spoiler alert: Both are going well.)

I had to split this into two parts due to time length limits on another platform before I figured out how to get around them.
Part one covers how many illustrations you should expect from your 32 page book and how to plan your pages.