This week I spent time researching the topic of children’s book illustrations. This is a broad topic and is only 1 section to fit into a short presentation. To help me keep my research concise I outline the different specific topics I wanted to cover. These were: a short introduction, a brief history on the topic, where the future of the industry is heading, the importance of illustrated children’s books and a couple of case studies. I really enjoyed this research and learnt lots of new information, some of which won’t make it into the presentation but is good to know.
The 2 case studies I want to include are about Alex T. Smith and Evgenia Malina. These are both illustrators whose style and work I admire. I will include some information about them both and hopefully be able to contact them. I will try reach out to them on Instagram. I’ve planned some potential interview questions for them that I hope I’ll get to ask and include in the video.
After collecting all the information I started to consider the structure and layout of my part of the presentation. The next step will be to reduce my research into small, easily understood sections and make a script for me to read alongside the presentation.
Samuel Green Illustration 