Children's Book Illustration

Leo, Dreamer and Story Lover, and the Blanket Fort

Created by HMD Publishing Illustration Studio

Meet Leo, a hand-drawn children's book illustration concept following a boy and his teddy through bedtime scenes, character design and a goodnight storyboard.

Leo watches a smiling sun and a crescent moon through his bedroom window, reads by lantern light inside a star-strung blanket fort, sits on a windowsill above a sleeping town, then drifts off with his teddy under a wide starry sky. Deep blues and lamplight hold the four scenes together. The supporting sheets cover his turnarounds, twelve expressions, six outfits, his cat Luna and a six-panel goodnight sequence.

Project

Illustration concept

Theme

Nursery Rhymes & Bedtime Stories

Genre

Bedtime picture book

Production method

Hand-drawn

Portfolio category

Children's Books

Deliverables shown

• Final artwork
• Character design
• Sketch development