I don’t particularly have much interaction with children’s books anymore, so I did not know a huge amount going into this project so I thought that it was best to research them thoroughly before I began.

I started by looking at a few children’s books that I remember from my childhood.

I wanted to do a children’s book that involved fairly simple illustrations as I like these style of drawings, and I can’t draw so they would be easier for me to do.

I also looked into different illustrators that I liked that followed the simple style that I wanted to use.

Alexandra Ball

I liked this style of illustrations as they are fairly simple but they feature various textures that make them more interesting.

Duncan Beedie

Again, I liked the simplicity of these illustrations and feel that these are something that I could use in my own.

(this particular image was the one that gave me my inspiration for my story)

Xiao Xin

I liked the use of colours in a few of these illustrations.