• You want to make your own picture book. You already have the text & the idea in your head!

    • But you can't draw like that…
    • Where do you even start?
    • And what do you have to take into account?

    So the big question is: How can this fantastic IDEA ever become the starring role in your OWN BOOK?

  • Everything is possible...TOGETHER!

    Because with your IDEA & TEXT and my ILLUSTRATIONS & EXPERTISE, I will take you through the ENTIRE process!

    From IDEA/TEXT to a TANGIBLE BOOK and a print-ready PDF for the printer for countless extra copies!

    You can contact me here 
Yes, I want more information and the free WorkBook!

THE PROCESS IN STEPS

1. We start with the IDEA

Do you already know…

  • …how does the story go?
  • Is there already ready-made text?
  • What do you want to say and with what purpose?
  • Who do you want to tell?
  • What atmosphere do you want to convey (cheerful, happy, playful, dark, exciting or a combination of course)?
  • Do you want a real picture book or more illustrations that complement the text?

You may already have a clear idea and can see it just in front of you, but it may also be that it still needs to be shaped.

What about the structure of the story, are there specific main characters, perhaps even with special characteristics – in short, how far are you already self in this process?

A useful tool for the entire process is my WORKBOOK, which you can request via miranda@doekiekunst.nl , with all kinds of questions, extra information and much more ;).

Based on this information, we can start to discuss it together, just to see where you stand and how we might be able to move forward together.

 

2. What kind of ILLUSTRATIONS go with this?

You have an idea for your story and how you want to express this in a book. A great basis to see what kind of illustrations fit in to this!

Think about:

  • full-page illustrations or smaller drawings spread
  • Style of the illustrations – drawn (with colored pencils or watercolor pencils), painted (with acrylic paint, watercolor or ink etc) or combinations of these
  • Use of color, of course depending on the atmosphere
  • How much detail you want to show and what you like
  • With or without background, shadow effect

The type of illustrations is very decisive for the look of your book and I understand that such a decision is not easy. That is why a real example drawing is super important and of course it is part of it before we can really start working on the book!

For this we first discuss together, what you would like to see as an example. Do you want to go for the main character or more of a situation sketch incl background? You can just say it…

Sample drawing successful? Great! Then we will start to plan the process to the complete book. We look at each page to see what text will be on it and how the illustration will fit in with it.

  • You will always receive a sketch with the detailed idea first, so that adjustments can always be made at an early stage.
  • This is followed by a drawing in which all details and specific wishes are clearly visible and if this is correct…
  • the complete colored illustration will follow, which can be placed directly in the book.

But text and illustrations together do not make a book you can hold yet… What happens next?

 

3. What is involved in the LAYOUT?

The text & drawings finally come together during the layout of the book! Here a lot of choices will have to be made, because now it is about the actual combining of everything together on the page.

 

What choices should you consider?

Page layout

  • Placement of the text & illustrations on the page

Text

  • Fonts (Happy – Handwritten – Chic – Emphasized)
  • Color of the letters, with/without shadow
  • Size of the letters, changes in the sentences

Book cover & endpapers

  • Design of the cover and endpapers
  • ISBN # for registration/possible sale
  • Title
  • Text on the back, colophon, acknowledgements, etc.

But also:

  • type of paper (thick, thin or special; recycled/not recycled)
  • FSC quality mark yes/no
  • Hardcover or would you prefer softcover or wire-O?

Fortunately, none of this has to be determined right from the start and it will simply become clear during the process what the preference is and what fits best in the complete picture.

We always look at all the possibilities together and ensure that your idea is best expressed in the final book.

And the result? Your own book that you can be really proud of!

 

What are the costs?

The INVESTMENT for this complete trajectory is: € 3,450 excluding 21% VAT ( € 4,174.50 including VAT )

The investment applies from the moment that the sample drawing is approved and we really continue the process together to come to a book you can hold ;).

Quite an investment, so… what exactly do you get for this amount?

  • 24 pages of interior with your text & DoekieKunst illustrations (full page or all separate drawings with the text)
  • Design cover with your text & DoekieKunst illustrations
  • Design endpapers with your text (colophon/acknowledgements etc.) & DoekieKunst illustrations
  • ISBN number for official registration
  • The complete layout by DoekieKunst into a print-ready PDF
  • 2 Hardcover printed copies of the ready-made book

But also, as indicated in the general information:

  • 1 on 1 guidance throughout the entire process regarding options & choices
  • Tips & tricks to achieve a complete interpretation of your text & story
  • Information about the possibilities with the printed book, once you have it in your hands

 

SIX reasons to participate 😉

  1. Your own IDEA is transformed into a BOOK you can hold
  2. How cool would it be to be able to show that book to everyone or maybe even read it to them?
  3. You don't have to figure out how to start or how to proceed yourself, I will guide you step by step through the entire process.
  4. You have 1 contact in me and I arrange everything together and in consultation with you. So you don't have a new contact for every component (from illustrator to designer/dtp-er and then to the printing house etc.), where you have to make your ideas/wishes clear every time, but just everything easily in 1.
  5. From start to finish in about 3 months (depending on how precise the idea & text are already in the picture) – so not a distant dot on the horizon.
  6. Having something uniquely of your own!

 

INTERESTED?

Then send an email to miranda@doekiekunst.nl or click on this button to request the free WORKBOOK with even more information about the process.
    Yes, I want more information and the free WorkBook!