Children's Book Illustration

Zayla, The Starlight Keeper

Created by HMD Publishing Illustration Studio

Explore Zayla, The Starlight Keeper, a hand-drawn children's book illustration concept with a glowing butterfly wand, night-forest glades and firefly light.

Zayla carries her glowing butterfly wand through a green night forest, reads her journal beside a stream, greets a white rabbit among orange mushrooms, and raises the wand to a star-filled sky above a twinkling valley. Mossy greens and deep teals gather around warm lantern golds. The supporting sheets add turnarounds, nine expressions, six action poses, six outfit variations, companion studies with Lumo the bunny, and a six-panel storyboard about keeping a found light close to her heart.

Project

Illustration concept

Theme

Fantasy & Enchanted Worlds

Genre

Fairy tale picture book

Production method

Hand-drawn

Portfolio category

Children's Books

Deliverables shown

• Final artwork
• Character design
• Sketch development