Shadow — Children’s Picture Book Illustration & Visual Development

Shadow is a self-authored children’s picture book exploring the tension between personal desire, secrecy and social boundaries through visual storytelling. I developed the project from initial research and sketches through character design, visual experimentation, sequential illustration and final book production.
The work combines pencil, crayon, charcoal and mixed-media textures, using a restricted black, grey and orange-red palette to create a dramatic and expressive visual language. The final outcome was produced as a complete physical picture book.