Article · An Artist's Life for Me!
Designing a Picture Book Spread: Placing Text
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2013
About this lesson
Published picture-book illustrator Lynne Chapman explains why she asks for the manuscript typeset at actual size before starting art, then builds Photoshop template spreads and breaks text into blocks so the words become part of the composition rather than an afterthought.
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