Illustrated Children’s Book

“Amber illustrated my book, ‘Finney’s First Flight’ and did a fantastic job in her research and artwork. She had clever, imaginative items in the graphics per request which helped bring the pages to life. She is very professional and does her absolute best to meet and exceed the project’s goals. She was integral with her experienced input regarding other aspects of the project including layout design, editing, etc. I look forward to having her on board with the next illustrated book.”James T. Lanier, author

CLIENT

  • FINNEY’S FIRST FLIGHT | James T. Lanier, author
  • Publisher: Team Publishing
  • Santa Maria, CA – USA
  • PURCHASE ON AMAZON

PROJECT

  • Design: Book & Page Layout
  • Illustrations: 36 pages pages of artwork
  • ISBN-10: 0988628708
  • ISBN-13: 978-0988628700
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.1 x 8.5 inches

CHALLENGE
The author came to me through a common acquaintance and after reading his story I loved it. I came up with some initial sketches to show him how I had envisioned his Finnegan and we started our year long journey of illustrating the book. He needed not only the illustrations but someone to do the page layout and text placement as his plan was to self-publish.

SOLUTION
I did thumbnail sketches to roughs to final inked sketches. All the way getting tip and approval from the client but I had pretty free reign as far as the content went. The client wanted to do the book in watercolor. I met him halfway by inking the sketches by hand and scanning into Photoshop and then colorizing with watercolor brushes.



RESULT
A lot of hard work and collaboration and the book came out fantastic! Here are a few Facebook posts from happy customers!



ADDITIONAL LINKS
SANTA MARIA SUN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

If you are a bookseller – FINNEY’S FIRST FLIGHT is available through Team Publishing.
ISBN# 978-1623950934.

If you are a customer and your local bookstore doesn’t have Finney in stock yet, please ask them to order your copy (and an extra for the store).

If you don’t have a local bookseller, FINNEY’S FIRST FLIGHT is available on Amazon in paperback.