The Parts of a Book (You NEED to know!) ✸ PICTURE BOOK BASICS #2

Hello Art Friends! I'm Anoosha Syed, a professional children's book author/illustrator and I am starting a new series called PICTURE BOOK BASICS.
For anyone interested in a career in picturebooks, I am going to cover all the itty-bitty steps you need to know.
In our second episode, we are covering the key vocabulary and what are the different parts that make up a picture book!

If you missed Episode One:
PICTURE BOOK BASICS #1 - FIVE ways to work as a children's illustrator

More INFO on Seperate vs Self-Ended books:

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[the_bolanley]

Your videos are great for beginners, super easy to understand

[CoachJasonLeon]

Thank you! I missed so many things but this will help me going forward. I truly appreciate it!

[blessedandbiwithahintofmagic]

What a lovely review of a field I have almost no experience with (only having been read these types or stories as a kid, never doing anything with them professionally or having studied them). This is fantastic, nice work with this diagnostic!

[adityagautam]

Today I learned so many new things, Thanks alot❤

[hollyhawley]

As an elementary teacher I love this! I teach my students to hunt for 'Easter eggs' which are the hidden illustrations on the case. This absolutely has gotten my students hooked on read alouds. Having that hidden illustration is thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed!! Thank you :)

[ShelleyHanmoQian]

Thank you for this video! Really loved learning about different definitions of the terms in the publishing world. A topic I'd suggest is about "how you illustrate based on the text of the manuscript", different ways to approach the same text as an illustrator. ❤📚🤩Thank you so much Anoosha!!

[lilacdoodz]

This was so helpful! Thank you! I love how you showed so many examples of the book anatomy (as a visual learner) :)

[chloefulton]

hi anoosha! thank you for creating this series to help emerging illustrators! if you are looking for more ideas for future videos, it would be so helpful to me to see what an illustrator/designer's resume should look like - what experience is valuable, how it is organized, softwares that are necessary to know, etc!

[hckeyd]

This was really fascinating! Thanks! I've gone straight into a BA in illustration last year from a generic HND in art and, you know, we all do it, tried to go for my almost oil painting style when a tutor said "the secret is to be able to adjust your style to the market"....so I'm doing a picture book and it's far more fun than I thought putting my mind into that style and your tips are very helpful!

[clairbender]

anoosha this was such an amazing and informative video! so much work and thought goes into these books and it's incredible to have a video spell it out visually for those of us who have trouble conceptualizing this stuff.

[friesfairy]

you are living encyclopedia for every aspiring children’s book illustrator, I learn so much from you🥹😍🤍

[ChantelleArts]

I'd never thought too much about this, it's all really interesting and well explained 👏

[MetaMeditationWithUs]

Thank you so much I hope you have a video about how to talk to printing houses too! As a self-publishing writer and illustrator sometimes I do not have a publishing house before I have the book ready.

[chelsyescalona]

Anoosha always is great to see you sharing your knowledge about picture books! Can't wait for the next video!🤩

[khadijak]

I’m looking forward to your video on the different uses of spot, vignette, spread and full page illustrations! Your videos are always a great resource for me 🫶🏻🎊💗

[Kgameart]

Hello! Your work is always so lovely, would you be able to let us know what font size you choose for most of your 8.5x8.5 square books?

[justshowupshow]

amazing video thank u so much for making this

[khadijak]

Anoosha you’re such an inspiration for aspiring desi women illustrators! I hope you post more videos this year as well, sending all my love from Pakistan 💗

[mariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

I WAS JUST REWATCHING PART 1 ARE YOU CRAZYYWIYSJW tysm for the upload .. 😭💕💕

[avrahamnacher]

So much helpful information and perfect for a visual learner like myself!