“Kids need to get attached to something in the book,” artist and writer Scoot McMahon says. “They may understand what you’re trying to say, but you’re just not doing it in a way that excites them.” “Some people think, ‘My books don’t engage with the audience because they don’t understand what I’m trying to say,’” Elliott says. All of this will help you begin to understand what work seems to rise to the top with an audience that can be as unforgiving as children. Chat with kids and adults to see what books resonate with them. “But who is it for? What’s the art look like? How long is it going to be? How many words do you want the book to be: 500 or 5,000? That will determine what education level you’re pitching it to.”ĭoes your story or art fit better in a chunky word-free book for infants or in more mature illustrated young adult novels? Are you looking to do book cover art instead of interior page storytelling? Research what other artists are creating, peruse children’s book illustration work on Behance, and study what is being published.
“A lot of people don’t have anything beyond an idea for a story,” artist Lucas Elliott says.
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