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Some people asked me how the illustrations are done for my books.
The three images show the original sketches of three double pages which are in my second Kulla book. Normally I stick very close to the sketches although on canvas it´s kinda hard to hit the right colors (especially evening colors are a pain in the ass).

The right side is "plain" because the text will be on that page. Normally I test the canvas "page" with a dummy text foil.

The original text gets split into pages and after that I do the sketches. I have a layout which I print out (including name and page-numbers). On those I sketch with pencil and scan everything for the rough coloration in photoshop. Those colored sketches get printed out again (yes... i know it´s odd) and discussed with my editor. If some sketches don´t work I have to redo the whole process until the final sketches get an okay.

One illustration (the last one) is that one (only the left part):
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Kulla © me & Tokyopop Germany

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:iconshandyrp:
It's digital?! i thought u made the book Manually/Trad Media... or this is just a dummy for the Publisher?!
:iconuuppisi:
Sounds a lot of work! I would get frustrated really quickly... O_o'

Making books for children sounds awesome though. :nod:

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"Te kuulit vissin kaik nämä kovi ihmelise assia. Mää toivo vaa et te ja ymmärät mitä ne tarkottava."
:icontrenchmaker:
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as you can see those are just dummies which hang on my wall over the working table... the description is in my comment btw ;)
:icontursiops33:
Cute! I like it!

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:iconshandyrp:
oh i get it now :nod: yeah it's odd way but kinda cool :D

Btw, Goodluck working on new Kulla Book ^^
:icontrenchmaker:
yeah, the preparation takes nearly as much time as the final paintings. But I think it´s worth the final result (or so I hope).
And thanks a lot, I´m still stuck in work and Thuesday is deadline >_>;
:iconpoporetto:
even through the sketches, I can see your awesome coloring and drawings! :)
:iconkusu-kii22:
adorable >3<
it looks good already ^_______^
:iconajamidentitycrisis:
you are my super :+fav: artist.

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:iconkazelisa:
Beautiful!! *9* I :heart: it

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