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Self-publishing can be a daunting journey to undertake. I aim to help guide you through part of this process and to provide professional, cost-effective illustrations to bring your story to life and to help you create a quality product.
I work in both traditional and digital styles to suit most genres, whether it’s picture books for young children or a cover illustration plus interior cartoon line drawings for older children, or simply a cover design for your specific project. Working tightly to your brief, I provide initial pencil sketches for you to approve before I produce the final images. If you’re on a tight budget don’t worry, there’s often ways of making the images simpler in detail or looser in style and still keeping them colourful and fun.
I can also advise with things like how many images you might need and the size and format of book that might work best, as well as make suggestions for what to include in the illustrations. Once I get started on the sketching process, different ideas often spring to mind that may help your story to flow better.
Please feel free to contact me if you want a no-obligation quote or just more information, or if you would like to see more samples of my work.
Ian is a brilliantly talented illustrator who clearly loves what he does. He is able to bring the images in my head to life, just from me describing the scene or giving the particular chapter.
He always works swiftly to a deadline and is always reliable and professional, keeping us informed of progress.
Working with Ian is a pleasure and I wholeheartedly recommend him!
Mysteries in Time
Ian illustrated my three children’s books perfectly with minimal input from myself. I gave him the text and my idea of which scene to depict in each chapter.
The results were exactly what I wanted and very reasonably priced. I would recommend him wholeheartedly, but please leave him free to illustrate my fourth book!
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Ian is a brilliant illustrator, works very quickly, responds to e-mails very promptly, offers suggestions and, in my case, produced exactly what I wanted for my children’s story.
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Ian is a first class illustrator. He worked to my very specific brief to illustrate my first children’s book. The characters had very precise requirements as my message was around diversity and equality.
Ian was quick to respond to any queries and completed the work within the agreed time frame. His illustrations are of the highest quality.
I would absolutely recommend him and definitely work with him again in the future.
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