Four scenes of Lina, a girl in a black hijab with a cookie-shaped bag: carrying a lantern down a night street, reading beside sleeping cats, painting a domed building at an easel, and petting a grey cat by a blue door. — Finished artwork: Lina's lantern nights and quiet daytime corners.

Children's Book Illustration

Lina, A Curious Heart and a Kind Soul

Created by HMD Publishing Illustration Studio

Meet Lina, a hand-drawn children's book illustration concept of lantern-lit streets, storybooks, easel painting and kindness that lights the way home.

Lina carries a colourful lantern down a lamplit cobbled street, reads a crescent-moon storybook beside two sleeping cats, paints a golden-domed building at her easel, and greets a grey cat by a blue door among potted flowers. Cream, denim blue and lantern gold keep the palette gentle. The supporting sheets add turnarounds, eight expressions, action poses, five outfit variations, moments with her friend and grandma, a Mittens the cat turnaround, a size chart and a six-panel storyboard that lights the way home.

Project: Illustration concept
Theme: Diverse & Inclusive Representation
Genre: Picture book
Production method: Hand-drawn
Portfolio category: Children's Books
Deliverables shown: Final artwork
Character design
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