📖🎨my journey of illustrating & self publishing a picture book 🌊🦀artist diaries vlog

✨ Welcome friends, I wanted to share the whole process of illustrating and self publishing my very first picture book. A lot of you have followed my journey so far as I've been illustrating my book Mother Seagull & The Ocean King.

✨ I thought it would be fun to go down memory lane and put all those clips together. You'll see how I developed my illustrations and ideas for the book. As well as my emotional journey, the highs and the lows of working on a long term creative project.

✨ I hope you find this interesting. This is a vlog style / artist diaries video. If you'd like to see a tutorial of how to use KDP? Let me know. I'd love to make more videos about creating picture books in the future.

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[christlenseals]

This is awesome! Would love to see a video on how you uploaded your hand drawings into KDP for printing 🤩

[MagsArt]

Im proud of you Emma, and I love your imagination 👍 There are many illustrations and styles that are so similar to each other, like copies of one another, but yours are one of a kind. I wish you every success. And yes, please, could you make a video about KPD 😊 thank you

[itsdaksha]

Definitely need a video on your KDP journey! Congrats on the book❤

[MartaTaylor]

Love how you use the pencils, your art seems super soft and cosy. 😊

[annhorton]

SUCH a beautiful book! Great job, thank you so much for sharing your process!

[glittersunflower]

I love the book you should be really proud. ❤

[estherbutler]

Beautiful illustrations. And very inspiring. Thank you

[ubyhfus]

I just found this video today and wow 😍 your work is stunning and I found it so interesting watching alonh from start to finish. Very inspiring 🙏❤

[felishiarae]

This was so helpful and inspiring! Thanks for documenting your process. Such beautiful and unique drawings, I love how it turned out. Looking forward to check out your other videos!

[justfrancesca]

Thank you for sharing your story! I self-published a children's book a couple years ago and it was a fantastic learning process. It was hard work and there were lots of little fees that added up. I still want to do it again, though:) It's encouraging to see other artists/authors getting out there and being creative because it's important not only for the world but also for the artist I think.

[suzannetaylorart]

I just found your channel and loved this video ❤ the book looks amazing congratulations.

[NatashaNewtonArt]

I watched this in bed last night and was too tired to comment then, but just wanted to say how inspiring it was to see your process (the combination of traditional and digital art) and the finished book looks wonderful! I love the illustrations, they have such a lovely atmosphere and style. Well done, Emma!

[janedoe]

I am enjoying this so much, and I think your illustrations are fantastic! I really like that you are a traditional artist, and not doing EVERYTHING on digital. Traditional art has more variation to the colors. I wish you would talk a little bit (or put in the description) more about your materials. What kind of pencils are you using? What kind of paper are you using? How big is your lightbox? Thanks. :)

[birdie.b]

I’m new to all of this, I’m somewhat nervous and excited. What app/products are you using to draw your illustration on??

[gracygrace.mp]

Thank you so much! Was it easy or difficult to publish through KDP? This was a wonderful vlog and an absolute gorgeous book. I'm so happy for you!

[jannickehansen]

It looks amazing! I love the endpapers <3

[SUSSDUE]

So lovely! Really fun to follow the journey from thumbnails to printed book. And I have to say I really like that wallpaper!

[lizzyinthefens]

This is gorgeous and it takes soooo much skill to draw like that but you make it look so easy!!! Fantastic!

[usernotavailablewg]

I am in the stage struggling with the progress of my illustration book. But I felt so happy and actually smiled when I saw that you received your printed book! Thank you for the inspiration!

[traceygreening]

Hello Emma, Congratulations on the book. I have just ordered my copy and I'm looking forward to receiving it soon.