Children’s Picture Book Illustration & Cover Design – "The Flashiest Fish"
Joseph Friday
Published
Project Overview:Complete children’s book illustration and cover design project featuring vibrant underwater environments and expressive character art. Designed for self-publishing authors targeting young readers.
Key Deliverables:
• Front Cover Design: Eye-catching 3D-style digital illustration paired with bold, readable typography customized for print and eBook formats.
• Double-Page Spread Layout: Full-bleed interior page artwork structured to leave clean space for manuscript text without cluttering key visual elements.
• Character Design: Expressive, consistent aquatic character models (fish wearing headphones/scarf, octopus) maintained across multiple story beats and emotional states.
• Print Specifications: Formatted to 300 DPI high-resolution CMYK standards with proper bleed and trim boundaries ready for Amazon KDP and IngramSpark publishing.
Tools Used: Procreate, Adobe Photoshop.