Here is the research I did for my children's book

1. Children’s Book
Enzo Mealing

2. Mind Map
Children’s Book
Visual Style
I’ve liked the idea of a
cartoon-style book, featuring
a significant landscape, this
being a forest, with bold,
bright colours, most children
books have cartoon styled
images, this is a great way to
appeal to children, so I
decided to follow this.
Rotoscoping
Image Warping
Sketch
Colour
Overlaying
Filters
Illustrations
Layout
A common layout for a
children’s book is an
image on one page and
text on the next page, I
thought this would be
an easy, simple, yet
effective layout to use,
especially seeing as a
vast majority of
children’s books use
this layout.
Font/Text size
The font used in children’s books is
usually big, bold and clear, it make it
easier for the child to read, a large
majority of children’s books have
clear, understandable text.
Children’s books tend to have very
little text, this is good because it
allows children to learn how to read
but not get bored or impatient on
the way.
Story
A story about an
upset/lonely character,
which finds hope is
appealing to me, it will
show children how even
in the darkest of times,
there is always hope, and
for every dark day, there
is a brighter one just
ahead.
Plot Twists
Goals/Aims
Characters
I’ve always thought that having a
non-human character will appeal
more to children, such as the
use of insects or any animal in
general, it can appeal to children
by adding fun and mystery to the
book, cartoon characters are a
lot more appealing to children
then realistic characters, the
cartoon characters can send off
a positive, enjoyable vibe.
Character Personalities
How will they act?
They’re moods/emotions
Colours of Characters
Will their colours reflect
their personalities?
Will they be bright?
Will they be textured?
The storyline of the
book
what do the characters
need to achieve?
How will they reach
their goals?

3. Mood Board
Here are a few simple, cartoon forest images, with
the addition of Photoshop, I could cut out specific
objects from an image, and add them to another
image, to create my own landscape, a forest is a
good landscape to use in a children’s book, it is a
mysterious landscape and is exciting to a child.
Bright, simple forest.
Cartoon trees/sun/cloud
A more detailed forest.

4. Mood Board
Cartoon characters appeal
to children, as they are
colourful and fun, happy
facial expressions are
used on cartoon
characters to give a
positive vibe.
Something like this will be good, they
are simple and easily understandable
Bright, bold colours are good in children’s
books, they add positivity to the
character, giving a sense of happiness
and joy, this will appeal to children.

5. Mood Board Chosen Idea

6. Fonts
• There are thousands of different fonts that can be used, here are some fonts which I think will suit the children’s book thebest.

7. Visual Style
• Visual style is significant in
making a children’s book, it
must be, eye catching,
colorful, bright and
positive, especially if the
book has a strong cartoon-
factor to it.
• The use of bright, bold
colors in images and
landscapes is a great way to
interest the child into
reading the book, so the
child does not get bored,
they can learn so much
more from colorful,
cartoony imagery instead
of dull, boring colors and
imagery. Children can find
cartoony imagery and
escape from the boring
stuff in reality, such as
homework and learning,
but whilst they read a
child’s book, they will learn
from it, but because it is
fun and has a cartoon
factor, it interests the child
into reading on.
This cartoon image will appeal to
more children than a real life image,
the amount of color and creativity in
this image will interest and excite
children, they will not get bored of
dull, dark images, they will be caught
up in the color and imagination in a
cartoon picture, and learn from it.
There is a lot of positivity from this
image, the bright colors, the nature and
the smiling frog, this is what catches a
child’s eye, the positivity from an image
intrigues a child and makes them want to
read on and learn more about the story.
This image is a photograph of a forest
and a river, this has no cartoon-like
features and seems to be dull and
boring, this will not appeal to
children, as it has no positivity and
imagination, so having this in a
children’s book will not interest them,
they will not get involved with the
story as there is no imagination or
color in the images they see.