In 2022 I've got my first book commission for a personal book project. I was asked to illustrate and design the book cover the book layout and did one spot illustration for each story (16 in total)
First I read the stories and then started of on paper to note the first ideas which came in to mind. I pretty much sticked to my first ideas, because they felt intuitive and connected to the story right away. My drawing table looked much messier than these little insights of my roughs but I couldn't find that pictures anymore. For the cover I made a blue watercolor texture which I layed on top of the book cover colour. This made it feel a little bit more natural.
Below you can see the illustrations that made it into the book
