How an Illustrator Creates a Picture Book

Adam Rex, author and illustrator of several books, has a fascinating blog post about how he creates a picture book. There are awesome pictures of his work and good details about the "insider" process of book illustrating. Check it out here to learn what it's really like to make a book!

On Adam's blog, he shows cool stuff like these "thumbnail" illustrations-in-progress for Chloe and the Lion written by Mac Barnett (E BARNETT)

 After you read his blog post, why not check out some of his many other excellent books?

 Frankenstein makes a sandwich written and illustrated by Adam Rex (J 811.6 REX)


 









Chu's Day, written by Neil Gaiman and illustated by Adam Rex (E GAIMAN)












Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Adam Rex (E BARNETT)

Pssst! written and illustrated by Adam Rex (E REX)