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Children's book illustrations - feedback please
I am in the process of creating some book illustrations for some dark children's stories (more children's stories for adults than actual stories for children!) and would like some feedback please. The stories were written by someone I know very well and they are hoping to publish via lulu.com. A sort of self-publish thingy.

The pictures of course do not make sense without the accompanying text but to help, the singing moon cows are part of a sci-fi style short story and the girl in the cave is part of a dark..eventually unhappy ending story of shattered dreams. I'ev tried to reflect the creepy nature of the shattered dreams story by manipulating the colours and lighting of my original hand-drawn picture. The first pic is just meant to look lively and fun.

Thanks in advance for feedback.



All feedback very much appreciated.

Many thanks

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I like them. I think they really stand out, you've done a really good job.
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I'm trying different techniques with some editing software I have. It's great for manipulating the colours for different effects. Pic two is very much different in appearance for example to the hand drawn pic. when unedited.

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I like them too.

The colourful cows remind me of the Clangers! I loved the Clangers.

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Out of interest what software are you using.
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I like them too.

The colourful cows remind me of the Clangers! I loved the Clangers.

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Me too! Maybe there was some sub-conscious influence there
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Out of interest what software are you using.
A program I bought (allegedly) for my children

Toonworks
http://www.ikesoftware.com/products/toonworks.php

It's very easy to use (for children after all!)

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I have to admit, I'm quite impressed. Being a bit of a comic book geek the quality of artwork will affect what I buy (unless it's an 'older' book such as Marvel essentials) and the same applies to a certain extent when buying books for my son.

Yup, I rather like your work here - a big improvement on your usual stuff.
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I love them! I think they're fab!

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Very good work.Keep it up.Hope it goes well for you.
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