Self Publisher
A Self Publisher guide to illustration types…
Is a bit of a minefield if you are a self publisher! However, help is at hand. I have created a helpful, visual guide that I can send out via email as a PDF on request. Just fill in my contact page (you can click here) and tick that little box under the message box and I’ll know to send it to you!
But is that enough? No! You need a post now about it, so here it is. 
I suppose a good starting point is the length of your text when thinking about types of illustrations, as well as your budget. If you have written a picture book, so something under 1000 words (which to me is a lot for a picture book), then you are more likely to need full double-page and full single-page illustrations with maybe some vignettes. It rather depends on your budget. If you have written over 1000 words, you are more likely to need more vignettes and maybe some full single-page illustrations. Why? You have more text to accommodate!
Do you choose a book by its cover? 
You have to think about the cover. The cover does so much! It really does sell your book and so it’s important to get it right. People really do judge a book by its cover. You really have two options: front only or front and back, and that needs thought. It is something that may be easier to discuss with your chosen illustrator. Sometimes just the front is enough but sometimes front and back works for your subject matter, character or scene. I have recently completed one of each for two clients with very different books. One was very much a picture book, the other an illustrated short story.
What do you mean by all this new-fangled, wordy stuff?
Now I have thrown around words like full single-page, full double-page and vignette, and you’d be forgiven for wondering what this strange language is. Well, it’s easier than Sanskrit – especially if I share what I mean visually with you. So, here are some examples (above and below).
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