Article · Shawna J.C. Tenney
Picture Book Dummy Part 1: Making the Dummy Book
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2015
About this lesson
Published picture-book illustrator Shawna Tenney lays out her personal workflow: reading widely first, then designing characters, building a pacing booklet and thumbnails, and working up grayscale and color studies before a dummy goes to agents or editors.
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