Custom Children’s Book Illustrations
Bring Your Characters to Life exactly as You Imagined Them...
Custom illustrations created by professional human illustrators. From character development and sketch revisions to beautifully finished artwork, you’re involved every step of the way.
Why Authors Choose Us For Illustrations?
Human-Created Illustrations
No AI-generated artwork. Your illustrations are created by professional human illustrators specifically for your story.
100% Ownership
You receive full ownership of your custom illustrations for your book.
Unlimited Sketch Revisions
Refine your characters and sketches until you’re happy before we move to colour.
Custom-Made
Every character and scene is illustrated specifically around your manuscript and vision.
From Your Story to
Beautiful Illustrations
At Write and Release Publishing, we work collaboratively with you throughout the illustration process. You’ll see your artwork develop from the first sketches to the final coloured illustrations—and you’ll have opportunities to provide feedback along the way.
We don’t believe children’s books should look generic. Every story has its own personality, which is why our illustration process is built around the author’s individual vision.
From First Sketch to Published Book
A simple, collaborative process to bring your story to life. See how your story comes to life—from the first pencil sketch to beautifully coloured illustrations and, finally, a book you can hold in your hands.
Find the Illustration Style That Fits Your Story
Cartoon Style Illustration
Bright, expressive characters and playful scenes—ideal for fun, engaging children’s stories.
Whimsical Style Illustration
Imaginative worlds, charming characters and magical details that bring fantasy and adventure to life.
Watercolour Style Illustration
Soft textures and a timeless, hand-painted feel—perfect for warm, gentle and heartfelt storytelling.
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs
Everything You Need to Know About Illustrating Your Children’s Book
Not at all. You can share as much or as little detail as you have. Your manuscript, character descriptions, reference images and ideas will help us understand your vision. From there, your illustrator will develop initial character sketches for you to review before moving forward.
No. Our custom children's book illustrations are created by professional human illustrators. We do not use AI-generated artwork for your custom illustrations.
Yes. Whether you prefer a colourful cartoon style, whimsical artwork, soft watercolour or another look, we'll work with you to establish an illustration direction that complements your story and intended audience.
If you're unsure which style would work best, that's completely fine—we can help you explore your options.
Absolutely. During the sketching phase, we offer unlimited sketch revisions, giving you the opportunity to refine your characters and scenes before approving them for colour.
Once a sketch is approved, it moves into the colouring phase, where the agreed colour-revision allowance applies.
It depends on your manuscript, page count, trim size and how you want the story presented visually.
Some books use a full illustration on every page or spread, while others combine full-page artwork, spot illustrations and text-led pages. We can review your manuscript and help determine an appropriate illustration plan.
Yes. If you don't need an entire book illustrated, contact us with what you need and we can discuss whether a smaller custom illustration project is suitable.
Yes. This is an important part of our process.
You'll review the sketches first and have the opportunity to request changes. We don't move an illustration into the colouring phase until the sketch has been approved.
Sketch → Your Approval → Colouring → Final Illustration
Yes. Character development happens before the main illustrations are completed so that your characters' key features, appearance and overall style can remain consistent from one scene to another.
Yes. Our illustration service is designed so that authors receive ownership of their custom artwork in accordance with their illustration agreement.
Your book remains your story, your characters and your creative vision.
Yes. Your final artwork is prepared for use in your book. If you're also publishing with Write and Release Publishing, we can take your project from completed illustrations through professional book design and publication.
Every project is different. The timeline depends on the number and complexity of the illustrations, the chosen style and how quickly revisions and approvals are completed.
Before starting your project, we'll discuss the expected process and timeline with you so you know what to expect.
Your manuscript and creative materials are treated as part of your project and are shared only as necessary to provide the services you've requested.
If confidentiality is particularly important to you, you can also discuss this with our team before submitting your full manuscript.