Illustration notes by authors of children books: Boon or Bane by Ashok Rajagopalan
There is always some confusion in the minds of authors when it comes to writing illustration notes for manuscripts of children's books. Experienced children book illustrator and author of the famed Gajapati Kulapathi series, Ashok Rajagopalan, gives some gyan on the same. 1. What kind of children books require illustration notes from an author? Any book where a picture has to give specific information may require illustration notes. Sometimes the note may only be helpful references for costume, architecture, etc. For some books, the author, respecting the reader's intelligence, and not wishing to spell everything out verbally, may intend to convey some information through text, and some through visuals. Then a note is needed. 2. Do illustrators in general welcome illustration notes from authors of fiction pictorial books? From an author’s perspective he/she writes an illustration note to help the illustrato