Opinions on the cover and ilustrations
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Re: Opinions on the cover and ilustrations
Just because it is a book for children, that doesn't give the illustrator the right to not try. Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, Arthur, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and so many others have so much love and detail put into their pictures. Why does this book get an exemption from effort?Cristal2408 wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 14:13I agree that the pictures are unprofessional and sloppy, but isn't that the point? It is a children's book after all, and kids don't care for illustration quality. At ages 5 and 6, their drawings are like that too, so it could be a marketing strategy. Parents buy what children want, and a child will most likely choose a book because they liked and felt related to the drawings.Kmykel wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 13:24 I'm going to be the odd one out here, but I thought the illustrations were far too simple. I speak as a cartoonist myself (be it not a professional one), and I thought they were just a wasted opportunity. A book like this needs big, beautiful, detailed pictures and these look unprofessional and sloppy. There was a nice sense of movement, but that's about the only positive thing I can say about it.
As a parent, and therefor the purchaser of this product, I wouldn't pay a cent for this. I'd much rather invest in books that had effort put into their worlds.
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I think what an adult considers good quality would not be as captivating to a young mind. The illustrations are well thought out for children in my opinion, and neat too.Cristal2408 wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 14:48I hadn't noticed that pictures were part of a continuation. That's great! After reading your comment I put it on double slideshow and the continuation looks very pretty.MsTri wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 12:39 I too thought the cover and pictures were very well done. Children for whom this book is intended love all of the color. Even beyond that, as I noted in my review, "a couple of pictures don't even have words, they're just for looking at. In several instances, it's clear that the pictures are a continuation from the previous page and even though it's just okay in the .pdf version, I imagine that it makes for a very nice two-page spread in the print version."
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The PDF isn't the best format to view this book in. When I got to what should be the left picture of the cat in the tree, it was just the tree. I was thinking that was a wasted page. Then I realized if it were a hard copy I would be seeing the two side-by-side. It made a lot more sense.KitabuKitamu wrote: ↑02 Jul 2018, 19:07I think what an adult considers good quality would not be as captivating to a young mind. The illustrations are well thought out for children in my opinion, and neat too.Cristal2408 wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 14:48I hadn't noticed that pictures were part of a continuation. That's great! After reading your comment I put it on double slideshow and the continuation looks very pretty.MsTri wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 12:39 I too thought the cover and pictures were very well done. Children for whom this book is intended love all of the color. Even beyond that, as I noted in my review, "a couple of pictures don't even have words, they're just for looking at. In several instances, it's clear that the pictures are a continuation from the previous page and even though it's just okay in the .pdf version, I imagine that it makes for a very nice two-page spread in the print version."
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I love how the cover and illustrations were done! They are very engaging for beginning readers. Children can use the pictures clues in order to help read the story, which is so important for beginning readers. This also gives children confidence while reading! Illustrations are important to engage young children and get them liking the book.Cristal2408 wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 01:32 This is a discussion on the cover and illustrations. Did you like how the cover was done? Do you think the illustrations can have an effect on children's behavior? According to the author, the book was written in order to give children confidence while reading, do you think the illustrations help make that happen?
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Having a different opinion should not mean that you are odd. But hats off for sharing your critical opinion. I am not a cartoonist, so from my layman's perspective, I liked the colorful illustrations within the book. However, I disliked the jumble of the cover illustration especially the inclusion of Toni holding a feline creature in his hand which held a plate of food.Kmykel wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 13:24 I'm going to be the odd one out here, but I thought the illustrations were far too simple. I speak as a cartoonist myself (be it not a professional one), and I thought they were just a wasted opportunity. A book like this needs big, beautiful, detailed pictures and these look unprofessional and sloppy. There was a nice sense of movement, but that's about the only positive thing I can say about it.
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