First children's book
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Exciting news, I was fortunate enough to be approached during the summer to illustrate a children's book for an Irish Publisher Gill Books, and written by the Lucy Kennedy. The book is aimed at 5 - 7 yr olds and more a chapter book than a fully illustrated picture book, and it was published today!!!
It's so exciting however I'm living in Japan and can't attend the launch, but a friend just sent me photos of the book on the shelves is Easons and it's such an amazing feeling!
I was thinking some people on here might be interested in how it came about. I had been sending out samples of my work to publishers and getting a lot of we like your stuff but... or not even getting responses. So one evening in June I got an email asking would I be interested in working on a sample illustration, they explained how much they were offering for the project and that they were asking multiple illustrators to do samples.
They were very upfront about everything. Then I wondered when it was that I emailed this publisher, it turns out it was 14 months previous!
So I thought this might be a good project to do a sample for the experience, but I thought the chances of me getting it were slim. They loved the sample and wanted me to do the project. Time frame was so tight but I managed to get it extended, roughly 60 2 colour illustrations a mix of spots single page and double page spreads.
Just wanted to share some good news because I know people on here will be sending out postcards and emails to publishers!
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@Phil-Cullen Congratulations Phil!
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Sharing positivity through art.
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Awesome! The book looks great. Congrats!
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Amazing news, congratulations Phil and thanks for sharing your experience with promoting yourself.
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@peteolczyk thank you
I wast just watching your insta stories, some awesome ink work 
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@danielerossi thank you
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@Phil-Cullen ooohh!!! This looks so good! I wish I could get a copy.
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@Nyrryl-Cadiz thank you
it's on bookdepository.com and has free worldwide shipping! -
@Phil-Cullen congrats! Very cool. Thanks for sharing your story about it too.
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Congrats! The cover looks so good!
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@Phil-Cullen free shipping you say?
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@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson thank you
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that's awesome. It looks fantastic!!!!
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Congratulations! and thank you for sharing how it all happened - very encouraging to know that if you get a reply saying nice but not for us at the moment then sometimes they're not just being polite but might actually get back in touch in the future!
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@Phil-Cullen That is such great news and a great story. Thank you for sharing it. It is good to see how the process might work as many of us are just getting into this business and need guidance on how to get started. I will try to see if I can support your business by buying a copy for my granddaughter. (Wow, typing that made me feel old...)
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It looks gorgeous! I hope you can share a few more images from this project sometime. Congratulations and thanks for checking in with us.
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Huuuuurrray!!!
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@Phil-Cullen thank you, I’m enjoying making an inky mess
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It looks really good! Congratulations.
