This is my second Ebook for kids and after my experience of uploading my first ebook for children, Come Home Moon, on Amazon Kindle I found this a snap.

Sweet and Sour is about a little angel and a little devil. Right and Wrong in easy language and a non preachy manner.

An uncomplicated layout while not satisfying the designer in me certainly made the process easy. It’s about letting go of my pre conceptions and understanding how kindles really put the reader in charge where text is concerned.

It won’t always be like this though I’m sure. Fixed layouts are Essential to some stories and from now on I’ll be designing my pages to take advantage of kindle 8 features.

My journey into self publishing kids ebooks is one of the most enjoyable creatively I’ve ever embarked upon. I think it’s the completeness of the process, how I am in control of everything that appeals to me.

The Illustrations were completed with corel painter. I started with pencil sketches building up to a finished drawing which I scanned in and then inked and coloured in layers.

The design always takes me far longer than the execution of the artwork. I break this down into:

Character design, where every individual is drawn over and over until I am satisfied.

Page design, where I put all the elements in place as below. This includes backgrounds and any artifacts I need to draw.

Overall design, where I try to ensure consistency between the images and relevance to the story. Which moment in time I am bringing to life.

It’s essential to me that the images add a little more to the narrative without extraneous detail. And, of course, the illustrations have to be understood by the viewer/reader.

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