Children's books illustration

  • Status: Closed
  • Prize: $300
  • Entries Received: 29
  • Winner: steffistanley

Contest Brief

The project targets 5 to 9 years old children.

Simple pictures, little and clear background, natural and warm colour, digital drawing style (e.g. digital water colour, pencil or paint drawings) or cartoons style preferred, mixed methods are fine (see attached example ideas).

Project involves about 28 drawings including 2 main characters.

Attached are images for inspiration as well as the first chapter of the book. Each paragraph will need an illustration.

When you apply for this project please select 2 paragraphs and submit your ideas:

The playground was full of children. They ran around, laughed and enjoyed their time together. There were swings, seesaws, a climbing frame and trees to run around or enjoy their shade.

Jan visited the playground with his sister June and his favorite aunty. Also other children from the building were there. They played catch and it was a wild show of running around. The children were quite good in not running into each other.

But today, Jan had an accident. While they were playing catch he ran towards the tree and did not see that another boy was also running to the tree, but from the other direction. Both laughed while running and then it happened. They ran into each other at full speed.

Both were very surprised and did not realise that they were hurt. Jan was taller than the other boy and his mouth hit the forehead of the other boy. While the boy’s forehead was developing a bump. Jan was bleeding.

Aunty and his sister rushed to him and soon saw the source of the blood. He had a hurt his teeth and lips. They quickly packed their things together and went to the dentist with him.

The dentist cleaned the wound, took, and Xray and saw that Jan had a chipped tooth and part of it was still inside. He had to take out the broken and still stuck tooth. Jan was scared and he could now feel that it was painful. The doctor gave him medicine against the pain and then removed the left over tooth peace. Jan was very brave.

And his injury soon healed. But he had a gap now and had to wait for his big tooth to grow. Luckily the chipped tooth was just a baby tooth! He could soon eat all the foods he wanted again.

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Employer Feedback

“Steffi, was quick in applying improvement suggestions. We found a good way to communicate to effectively expressed illustration ideas. She is very professional and has a well working routine in terms of sketch sharing, colouring in and staying touch with me. I would hire her again. ”

Profile image PicturebooksLove, Hong Kong.

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Public Clarification Board

  • PicturebooksLove
    Contest Holder
    • 3 years ago

    It does not matter, if I have a favorite. I have more stories and look for illustrators to help with those, too. So, even if someone does not get the win for this one there are more stories and it is about whose style could fit :). So, no worries there is room for more winners :)

    • 3 years ago
    1. Felalfians
      Felalfians
      • 3 years ago

      That is great!!

      • 3 years ago
  • Eccaia
    Eccaia
    • 3 years ago

    wo !! I can see that you already have a favorite u.u well, good luck !!

    • 3 years ago
  • zainuldz
    zainuldz
    • 3 years ago

    kindly check #21 thank you

    • 3 years ago
  • Nileshkrlayek
    Nileshkrlayek
    • 3 years ago

    Clarification required regarding the story. The story in description has been changed. Which story should we work with?

    • 3 years ago
    1. PicturebooksLove
      Contest Holder
      • 3 years ago

      The most recent one would ne preferred.

      • 3 years ago
    2. Nileshkrlayek
      Nileshkrlayek
      • 3 years ago

      Thank you, working on it.

      • 3 years ago
  • Constaza30
    Constaza30
    • 3 years ago

    Hello, is the prize ($ 300 HKD) of the contest for the 26 illustrations?

    • 3 years ago
    1. Constaza30
      Constaza30
      • 3 years ago

      I can do the illustrations and I have experience in this type of illustrations. I can make them quickly and to all your specifications. I await your private message. Thank you

      • 3 years ago
    2. PicturebooksLove
      Contest Holder
      • 3 years ago

      it is for 2 illustrations. I am looking forward to your submissions. Please me make sure they are based on the story in the project description otherwise I cannot consider your submission. Thank you

      • 3 years ago
  • KomalSaeed007
    KomalSaeed007
    • 3 years ago

    Hello there, I go through all the attachments and all contain images please add chapter for illustration to be done.

    • 3 years ago
    1. PicturebooksLove
      Contest Holder
      • 3 years ago

      Dear Komal, thank you for your comment. I have now inserted the text in the contest description. Please have a look and choose which paragraphs you would like to illustrate for the contest.

      • 3 years ago
  • treenagupta
    treenagupta
    • 3 years ago

    Hello Ch, I read your project and very much interested. Please share the paragraphs which you need for illustration, so that I can start working on it. Thank you

    • 3 years ago
    1. PicturebooksLove
      Contest Holder
      • 3 years ago

      Dear Treena, thank you for the comment. I have added them to the description.

      • 3 years ago

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