Writing and Illustrating a Children's Book: What happens at every stage of the process

Before I started down the path to becoming a children's book author/illustrator I felt like I didn't understand how the process works, and what you do at each step of the way. So now that I'm on the other side of a traditionally published book, I'm excited to break down how it went and what happened at each step of the process. The most important take aways are that if you want to write and illustrate you will need a book dummy, if you want to just write, you need a manuscript, and if you want to just illustrate you need a portfolio. I show examples of this in the video :) Please also check out the other videos in the children's book playlist for questions about how to get an agent, my digital art set up, and my entire illustration process! Best of luck! Oh, and if this was helpful, if you would be so kind as to support me, my book can be found anywhere you like to buy books, but here are two options for you: Get a free exclusive print with signed books on my website: https://carliannecreates.com/ Or find it on Amazon: https://a.co/d/3KqRGHS You might also like my Award Winning drawing book, "How to Draw Adorable" On my website: https://carliannecreates.com/ My digital art set up, books I love and other product links: https://www.amazon.com/shop/carliannecreates 00:00 - intro 00:55 - How the story got started 03:08 - Developing the story for the book 06:16 - Early sketches and ideas 07:40 - Creating a book dummy 10:28 - Creating rough illustrations 12:10 - Sending it to book agents 12:47 - Book submission process 14:07 - Refining the illustrations 17:10 - Getting the book printed and published 18:43 - Thank you! Find me here! ----------------------------- ▶ Instagram @carliannecreates: www.instagram.com/carliannecreates ▶ Shop Prints/Stickers: www.carliannecreates.com