Four scenes of Max, a boy in a red top and blue cap, skateboarding down a street, fastening his puppy's collar, looking out to sea, and sitting on a porch at sunset. — Finished artwork: a summer day with Max and his puppy Buddy.

Children's Book Illustration

Max, A Curious Heart and a Loyal Friend

Created by HMD Publishing Illustration Studio

Meet Max, a hand-drawn children's book illustration concept following a boy and his puppy through street, park, clifftop and sunset scenes.

Max rolls down a dappled suburban street with Buddy trotting beside the board, kneels in a park to fasten Buddy's collar, stops at a clifftop fence to watch a sailboat cross the bay, then sits on a porch step as the sun goes down. Warm late-afternoon light carries across all four scenes. The supporting sheets add a turnaround for Buddy, twelve expressions, five clothing variations and a six-panel day-long storyboard.

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

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