Illustration directions and finished book work

Work & Styles.

Meet Pip in four distinct illustration treatments, then see how one chosen direction carries through the cover, interior pages, and revisions of Ducky and the Thumb.

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Pip style studies

One character. More visual directions.

Compare how color, texture, depth, and energy change the feeling of the same recognizable character. Your book selects one approved direction and keeps it consistent.

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Pip carrying a finished book through a tactile cut-paper story world

01 · Cut paper + gouache

Tactile storybook adventure

Bold shapes, handmade texture, and dimensional page turns.

Pip discovering a glowing story seed in a luminous watercolor garden

02 · Watercolor + pencil

Lyrical garden detail

Soft edges, luminous color, and a gentler emotional pace.

Pip flying on a pencil above a city made from stacked books

03 · Screen print + gouache

Graphic, bold, and kinetic

Selective color, strong diagonals, and clear action at a glance.

Pip binding a tiny book in a handcrafted felt and miniature-paper workshop

04 · Felt + miniature set

Warm, tactile, and immersive

Dimensional materials make a fictional world feel touchable.

Pip and every scene above are fictional, artist-directed AI concept studies created to demonstrate style range and character continuity. They are not client projects or photographs of a physical studio process.

From a chosen look to a complete book

Ducky and the Thumb

A warm story about Cheyenne, Ducky, and the comfort of a familiar friend—developed into a complete square picture book with its illustrated cover, coordinated pages, recurring characters, included revisions, and finished presentation.

Author: Jerrian Hawkins
Format: Square picture book
Work shown: Cover, interior, revisions
Illustration style: Warm storybook realism

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