Children's books have always held a special place in my heart. I loved them as a child and also loved reading them with my children. I still enjoy sharing certain ones with my daughter and one day when I have grand children I will enjoy sharing with them too. A good illustrator is so very important to the stories. Their visual talent draws you in and sets the tone. You are more than a good illustrator. You really capture essence the time, place and characters and bring the story to life. Long live holding a tangible book and art in our hands! Nothing else is quite like it.
aw thanks so much Mary for your wonderful comment, I really appreciate it! ☺ I agree, children's books are just magical things - their memories always stay with us even when we're adults. I kept a lot of the books I read as a child, and there's something so comforting about holding a book which once captured my imagination 💕🥰
Oh wow!!! My degree is in graphic design, albeit from the dark ages of drafting tables and T-squares and such...and this brought me right back to the day that the Chair of the Art Department and I were walking across the quad, and he declared, "I hear the future is going to be in computer graphics!" And I asked, "What does that mean?" Then he leaned down and whispered "I don't know."..... Of course it's taken many years for the technology to be able to do what you just did, (My first experiences with computers meant I needed to do coding just to get into it. Ewww!) This is pretty awesome stuff! ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your insight! I am so glad I never had to do coding! 😅 Even though I now use digital media, I had always been scared of computers before that! I'm so glad the iPad and other drawing tablets exist, because this way of drawing really suits my 'quirks' as I can have a hard time procrastinating over colours and colour changes - that's my main gripe when it comes to traditional media 🙃 I agree, the computer is an aid, and I just view it as a modern day art media. However, as you said it can't mask bad draughtsmanship or lack of artistic/creative ability, just like any creative medium really 🙌
as a french, i absolutely adore the croissant mug :D love the video! i've always wondered how book illustrators work so i'm glad you shared your working process :)
I’m SO happy I found your channel! As someone who loves books and go crazy over its physical aspects (covers, feel of the paper, etc.) this is such a great insight and inspiring watch! Very lovely and cozy video keep up the good work! ❤
I don't know what to say!!! this is one of the most beautiful cover I have ever seen 💖💖💖💖 I wish if you can make more videos this is really inspirating💓 thank you 💖💖💖💖💖💖
well thank you SO much for your beautiful comment, I really appreciate it! 😃💕 I will indeed be making more helpful videos in the near future - subscribe so as not to miss out!
Bonsoir lady Rachel , je n'ai jamais osez vous dire à quel point j'aime votre art, qui est le l'expression de la beauté de votre âme je vous aime Rachel vous êtes une femme merveilleuse.❤
Amazing job! It’s so beautiful! Would love to see more of your illustration process and some of the brushes you use. I appreciated some of your tips in here, I’m starting on my journey to illustrating children’s books so these videos are so helpful.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Yes indeed, I hope to make more of these kinds of videos in the near future. Wishing you all the best on your illustration journey! 😀
I really enjoyed watching you bring the cover to life. It was very fun (and helpful) to see your creative process. The cover, like all of the other covers you've done, is stunning. I might need to pick up a few books from this author!
aw thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful and fun 😃 You definitely should pick up Judi's books, they are so wonderfully written and cosy to read 💕😉
This is so lovely! It seems like exactly the type of book I would have loved growing up. Your technique looks so effortless! Would you please tell me what brushes you use on Procreate?
Thank you, and I’m glad you enjoyed my process! I just use a mixture of the standard Procreate brushes - it’s fun to test different ones and see what works best for your own style 😊🙌
How amazing to have your art on book covers. I would love that except I am not very tech savvy like you, have never even attempted digital art, I guess thats what you have to do nowadays is it? I love your artwork very beautiful, glad it came up in my feed.
thanks so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed my video! No not at all, you really don't have to be a digital artist to be a book illustrator, or any kind of illustrator. There's many professional illustrators out there who work traditionally, and their publisher's designers layout their work for digital printing. If you prefer not to work digitally, it should definitely not stop you from pursuing your ambitions 🙌☺
Such a beautiful cover and one that absolutely would make me want to pick up the book!! As the artist do you have to do something special on the cover where the foiling goes?
aw thanks so much, so happy to hear that! 🥰 I keep the title lettering on a separate layer, and in Photoshop I change the colour to 100% black as this is the 'colour' that the foil transfers to. I then send a layered PSD file to the publisher 🙌🌟
Love your art, as well as generosity! Recently my iPad Pro died, and it's killing me! Weighing the decision of whether an iPad would be good enough or if I need to have the Pro again. Are you using a regular or the Pro version? Anyhow, this was sweet to watch-I love watching other people's process...
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I'm using the iPad Pro, but I'm sorry I can't compare any other models as this is the only iPad I've ever used. I hope you find a good solution! 🙌
Thank you! In Photoshop, select: Image > Mode > CMYK and I then save it as a PDF, making sure that the colour is selected to 'Working CMYK' during saving 😊🙌
Thank you, and I’m glad you enjoyed my video! I just use a mixture of the standard Procreate brushes - it’s fun to test different ones and see what works best for your own style 😊🙌
Hi! first, the cover is very cute and I loved the color palette. I'm an illustrator as well and I would love to illustrate book covers since I love books. Could you tell me how you started doing book covers?
Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed my video! If you view my first video ‘My Illustrated Life’ I explain how I began my career, and I also have a related blog post linked in the video’s description box too 👍🏻😊
This is so lovely! Can I ask if you use any brush packs besides the ones that come in procreate? Whatever you used for the blush on their cheeks is a perfect brush!
Thank you! I just use a mixture of standard Procreate brushes and some I discovered through the years - it’s fun to find and test different brushes and see what works best for your own style 😊🙌
I want to buy these books just for the covers! Such beautiful art. It draws you in! Would you say the stories are anything like Little Women or Anne of Green Gables?
I just use a mixture of standard Procreate brushes and some I discovered through the years - it’s fun to find and test different brushes and see what works best for your own style 😊🙌
As a longtime reader, I feel like we're at a Golden Age of book illustration and covers. If you look at some of the graphics of the 80s and 90s, it's so cheesy and horrible. Publishers now appreciate beautifully done cover art, not just in children's book but in lot of genre. Like Isabel Canas's cover for Vampire of El Norte is a work of art. These covers make you want to pick it up.
Thanks for sharing this tutorial ❤. It's amazingly done and nice to see the whole process and hard work that goes while making the covers
aw thank you so much, you're so welcome! ☺💕
need this kind of cover art on adult books too omg
Children's books have always held a special place in my heart. I loved them as a child and also loved reading them with my children. I still enjoy sharing certain ones with my daughter and one day when I have grand children I will enjoy sharing with them too. A good illustrator is so very important to the stories. Their visual talent draws you in and sets the tone. You are more than a good illustrator. You really capture essence the time, place and characters and bring the story to life. Long live holding a tangible book and art in our hands! Nothing else is quite like it.
aw thanks so much Mary for your wonderful comment, I really appreciate it! ☺ I agree, children's books are just magical things - their memories always stay with us even when we're adults. I kept a lot of the books I read as a child, and there's something so comforting about holding a book which once captured my imagination 💕🥰
Oh wow!!! My degree is in graphic design, albeit from the dark ages of drafting tables and T-squares and such...and this brought me right back to the day that the Chair of the Art Department and I were walking across the quad, and he declared, "I hear the future is going to be in computer graphics!" And I asked, "What does that mean?" Then he leaned down and whispered "I don't know.".....
Of course it's taken many years for the technology to be able to do what you just did, (My first experiences with computers meant I needed to do coding just to get into it. Ewww!)
This is pretty awesome stuff! ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your insight! I am so glad I never had to do coding! 😅 Even though I now use digital media, I had always been scared of computers before that! I'm so glad the iPad and other drawing tablets exist, because this way of drawing really suits my 'quirks' as I can have a hard time procrastinating over colours and colour changes - that's my main gripe when it comes to traditional media 🙃 I agree, the computer is an aid, and I just view it as a modern day art media. However, as you said it can't mask bad draughtsmanship or lack of artistic/creative ability, just like any creative medium really 🙌
@@rachelcorcoranillustration ❤️
The cover is absolutely gorgeous! Really fun to see the process.
@@MilenaReads thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! 😊🙌
Sooo amazing loved the back design ❤
thank you so much! 💕
Loved seeing how much work and skill goes into creating this amazing and whimsical book covers!🥰💖
aw thanks so much twinny, glad you enjoyed the video! 😊💕✨
thanks for showing your process of creativity. love the cover art!
you're welcome! thank you for watching ☺🙌
It's so beautiful! 😍
thanks so much! 💕
I love your style and the studio is so cosy . Your art style is like the ones in Enid Blyton books and with a Ghibli charm ❤
aww thank you so much for your lovely comment, so delighted that you see those wonderful styles in my art ☺💕
This is such a cute cover it makes me want to read it to my daughter. 😊
aw thank you, that's so lovely to hear! ☺💕
as a french, i absolutely adore the croissant mug :D love the video! i've always wondered how book illustrators work so i'm glad you shared your working process :)
Aw thanks so much! And I’m glad you enjoyed the mug too 🧡😄🥐
@@rachelcorcoranillustration the best thing of the video 😂🥐
@@sadblueapple 🤭😄
I’m SO happy I found your channel! As someone who loves books and go crazy over its physical aspects (covers, feel of the paper, etc.) this is such a great insight and inspiring watch! Very lovely and cozy video keep up the good work! ❤
aw thanks so much for your lovely comment! Delighted you found it inspiring ☺💕
What a darling cover❤ This was such a helpful tutorial! Thank you~😊
aw thanks so much, I'm glad it was helpful to you! 😃💕
your videos and illustrations feel like a sunshine on a warm autumn day, it's so lovely 🍂🍁
Aw thank you, that’s so kind of you to say! 🧡🍂😊
Love it!
Está muy bella la portada y el video quedó bonito. Amo los libros.
More videos like this please! Fantastic!
@@krsnalokacreations4640 thank you! 😊 I hope to have more like this in the near future 🙌
I am in love! I must hire you in the future!
Just beautiful. Your art style is gorgeous.
Thanks so much! 💕😊
I love watching your process. Thanks for sharing. ❤
you're so welcome, thank you! 💕
I hope you do YA fantasy illustration in your style. It's so good ❤❤❤
Thank you! Maybe in the future I'll get the chance to explore that idea 😊💕
This was so interesting!! The cover is so lovely!! Thank you for showing us the process! 😊😊
you're most welcome! Thanks so much, happy to hear you found it interesting! ☺💕
I love your videos and illustration style! ☺
aw thanks so much, that's so nice of you to say! ☺💕
I don't know what to say!!! this is one of the most beautiful cover I have ever seen 💖💖💖💖 I wish if you can make more videos this is really inspirating💓 thank you 💖💖💖💖💖💖
well thank you SO much for your beautiful comment, I really appreciate it! 😃💕 I will indeed be making more helpful videos in the near future - subscribe so as not to miss out!
@@rachelcorcoranillustration thank u 😍💕
Well done.
Great artwork.
Nice video seeing how *digital illustrations* are _made_
Happy autumn 2024 everyone
Thanks so much! Happy Autumn to you too 😊🍁🍂
Thank you so much, for detailed explanation of process ❤️
Such beautiful cover 🤩
you're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed my video ☺💕
Thank you for sharing your finalized project, I loved the pictures! You are a great artist!🧑🎨
you're so welcome! ☺ thanks so much for watching, and for your kind words 💕😸
Bonsoir lady Rachel , je n'ai jamais osez vous dire à quel point j'aime votre art, qui est le l'expression de la beauté de votre âme je vous aime Rachel vous êtes une femme merveilleuse.❤
Thanks so much! Really appreciate your support and kind words 😊✨🙌
i love the result of the cover! all the details. and ilove your video, the color the edition all it is perfect
aw thanks so much, really appreciate your lovely feedback! 😊✨
I love your artwork, it's so cozy! Inspires me a lot
aw thanks so much, that's so lovely of you to say! 🥰
Beautiful process! Thank you for sharing. I want to do something similar in the future someday!
aw thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it and found it inspiring for your own journey! ☺💕
Amazing job! It’s so beautiful! Would love to see more of your illustration process and some of the brushes you use. I appreciated some of your tips in here, I’m starting on my journey to illustrating children’s books so these videos are so helpful.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Yes indeed, I hope to make more of these kinds of videos in the near future. Wishing you all the best on your illustration journey! 😀
Wow I am so obsessed with your work and vibe 🤩
aw thank you, that’s so lovely to hear! Thanks so much for watching 😊💕✨
I really enjoyed watching you bring the cover to life. It was very fun (and helpful) to see your creative process. The cover, like all of the other covers you've done, is stunning. I might need to pick up a few books from this author!
aw thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful and fun 😃 You definitely should pick up Judi's books, they are so wonderfully written and cosy to read 💕😉
This is so lovely! It seems like exactly the type of book I would have loved growing up. Your technique looks so effortless! Would you please tell me what brushes you use on Procreate?
Thank you, and I’m glad you enjoyed my process! I just use a mixture of the standard Procreate brushes - it’s fun to test different ones and see what works best for your own style 😊🙌
This is so beautiful p. Thank you so much for sharing your process with us. Can us ask what brushes and textures you used?😊
This is part of what I’m aiming my job to be. Advice on learning how to make creative, eye catching borders for cover art…?
How amazing to have your art on book covers. I would love that except I am not very tech savvy like you, have never even attempted digital art, I guess thats what you have to do nowadays is it? I love your artwork very beautiful, glad it came up in my feed.
thanks so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed my video! No not at all, you really don't have to be a digital artist to be a book illustrator, or any kind of illustrator. There's many professional illustrators out there who work traditionally, and their publisher's designers layout their work for digital printing. If you prefer not to work digitally, it should definitely not stop you from pursuing your ambitions 🙌☺
@@rachelcorcoranillustration thank you so much for replying with this information. It's definately something I would like to do
Who else noticed stars hollow and Luke’s 😍🫵🏻
hehe, hello fellow Gilmore Girls fan! 😄☕🍁
Such a beautiful cover and one that absolutely would make me want to pick up the book!! As the artist do you have to do something special on the cover where the foiling goes?
aw thanks so much, so happy to hear that! 🥰 I keep the title lettering on a separate layer, and in Photoshop I change the colour to 100% black as this is the 'colour' that the foil transfers to. I then send a layered PSD file to the publisher 🙌🌟
Love your art, as well as generosity! Recently my iPad Pro died, and it's killing me! Weighing the decision of whether an iPad would be good enough or if I need to have the Pro again. Are you using a regular or the Pro version? Anyhow, this was sweet to watch-I love watching other people's process...
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I'm using the iPad Pro, but I'm sorry I can't compare any other models as this is the only iPad I've ever used. I hope you find a good solution! 🙌
Hello, I love your style and videos ❤ I have a question: how do you save your RGB illustration as a cmyk on photoshop? Thank you so much
Thank you! In Photoshop, select: Image > Mode > CMYK and I then save it as a PDF, making sure that the colour is selected to 'Working CMYK' during saving 😊🙌
@ thank you so much 🤎
This was so cute. You have a fun illustration style. Can you tell me which procreate brushes you used most in this drawing?
Thank you, and I’m glad you enjoyed my video! I just use a mixture of the standard Procreate brushes - it’s fun to test different ones and see what works best for your own style 😊🙌
Hi! first, the cover is very cute and I loved the color palette.
I'm an illustrator as well and I would love to illustrate book covers since I love books. Could you tell me how you started doing book covers?
Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed my video! If you view my first video ‘My Illustrated Life’ I explain how I began my career, and I also have a related blog post linked in the video’s description box too 👍🏻😊
@@rachelcorcoranillustration Thank you! I'll check it out.
Lovely video! On a side note, I found the captions a tad difficult to read, they were rather tiny. Beautiful illustrations though ❤
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 💕 Sorry you found them difficult to read, I will improve them for my next video 🙌🙂
your handwriting!!! how do you get it so pretty?
hehe, thank you! 🥰 I guess it's just years and years of practice, and a very steady hand! 😄🖋
This is so lovely! Can I ask if you use any brush packs besides the ones that come in procreate? Whatever you used for the blush on their cheeks is a perfect brush!
Thank you! I just use a mixture of standard Procreate brushes and some I discovered through the years - it’s fun to find and test different brushes and see what works best for your own style 😊🙌
I want to buy these books just for the covers! Such beautiful art. It draws you in! Would you say the stories are anything like Little Women or Anne of Green Gables?
aw thanks so much! 😄 Yes indeed, I would think that anyone who loves those books would love reading Judi's books too 😉
@@rachelcorcoranillustration sweet! I'm gonna get one! 🥰
What brushes did you use?💕🫶🏻
I just use a mixture of standard Procreate brushes and some I discovered through the years - it’s fun to find and test different brushes and see what works best for your own style 😊🙌
As a longtime reader, I feel like we're at a Golden Age of book illustration and covers. If you look at some of the graphics of the 80s and 90s, it's so cheesy and horrible. Publishers now appreciate beautifully done cover art, not just in children's book but in lot of genre. Like Isabel Canas's cover for Vampire of El Norte is a work of art. These covers make you want to pick it up.
now i wanna know why the other girl is not in the cover
She's in the background sitting for a picnic in the park, if you look very very closely!
This was fascinating! Such a gorgeous cover too! 💖
aw thank you! 😊 I really appreciate it! 💕