Children's Book Illustration

Zia and the Unicorn

Created by HMD Publishing Illustration Studio

Meet Zia, a hand-drawn children's book illustration concept following a girl and her unicorn through starlit clouds, an enchanted forest and a sunset sky.

Zia rides her unicorn through drifting cloudbanks under a crescent moon, sits on the moon itself reading a glowing book while constellation animals form overhead, walks a lantern-hung forest path beside the unicorn, then falls asleep against it as the sky turns to sunset. Violet and gold hold every scene together. The supporting sheets add a unicorn companion turnaround, nine expressions, six outfits and a six-panel storyboard.

Project

Illustration concept

Theme

Fantasy & Enchanted Worlds

Genre

Bedtime picture book

Production method

Hand-drawn

Portfolio category

Children's Books

Deliverables shown

• Final artwork
• Character design
• Sketch development