Tentative StoryBook Plan

If you haven’t yet read a little bit About Me, please do first, sorry to prelude the prelude!

I want to write a book, and I would love to illustrate a book. My tentative plans in regards to this are laid out in the photo above (and also in the text to follow). I say tentative because I want to focus on what is inspiring as I go. If this means jumping ahead to storyboarding because I am excited to try and just don’t want to wait – that is okay! 

I will be using either the Wacom Intuos tablet and stylus along with  Clip Studio Paint or traditional materials to sketch, draw, paint, and ink.  I do not have a lot of experience with any of these things but I am excited to keep learning. Digital and traditional art methods and mediums are so much fun to play with. I got my hands on some watercolours, acrylic paints, and inking materials so they may make an appearance further down the road. 

Hope you are doing well and staying hydrated,

Sincerely, 

                       Ashley 

Photo by STIL on Unsplash, crop and addition of text by Creating Anew (Ashley)

Text Reads:

Tentative Plan (500-800 words, picturebook)

1. Planning
   1. practice sketching people 
   2. practice drawing animals
   3. Practice backgrounds
2. The Story 
   1. come up with many ideas
   2. is it original?
   3. characters
   4. the problem
3. The Illustration 
   1. practice/learn illustration tools
   2. find a style
   3. draw characters 
   4. storyboard
   5. design pages
   6. design cover
   7. design spine
   8. extra bits
4. Put Them Together!
   1. learn how to do this