Behind the Scenes of 'Slow Seasons': Design and Illustration

Everything I learnt about how a book is designed and illustrated 📖

These last few months, I’ve really enjoyed taking you behind the scenes of my book, Slow Seasons. Throughout the process of working on Slow Seasons I took note of key moments and reflections as the book took shape because the whole project has been such a fascinating and enjoyable one, and I’d love to demystify how books come to exist in the world. So far, I’ve covered the book proposal, the publisher auction, the book tour and the writing process. Today I’m digging deep into the process of design and illustration, something that was a huge highlight of working on the book for me, for the reasons I outline below. So, if you want to find out how 60,000 words of Word document is turned into a finished book, read on...