Four scenes of Lira in a teal knitted sweater and yellow boots, standing in rain, reading in a lamplit doorway, reading in an armchair, and walking wet cobbles. — Finished artwork: Lira's rainy day, from the doorway to the fireside chair.

Children's Book Illustration

Lira, A Gentle Book-Loving Girl

Created by HMD Publishing Illustration Studio

Meet Lira, a hand-drawn children's book illustration concept following a book-loving girl through rainy cottage scenes, character design and pencil sketches.

Lira stands in the rain outside a lit stone cottage, reads in the doorway beneath a lantern, curls into an armchair surrounded by shelves and an oil lamp, then steps out onto wet cobbles as the mountain sky clears. Warm interior light is set against cool blue rain throughout. The supporting sheets develop her turnarounds, eight expressions, five outfit layers and her companions, a cat called Whiskers and a robin called Pip.

Project: Illustration concept
Theme: Character Vignettes & Cozy Scenes
Genre: Picture book
Production method: Hand-drawn
Portfolio category: Children's Books
Deliverables shown: Final artwork
Character design
Sketch development

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