Final Art Work and My Book

After a lot of drawing, painting, Photoshop, re-sizing and touching up, I have completed the artwork for my book.
I am extremely pleased with how each of the pages have turned out and that the pages are how I envisaged them. Adding the colour definitely made the pages come to life, they are exciting and interesting and along with the story, the reader is encouraged and eager to turn to the next page to find out what happens next.

The pages flow so well and there is a clear theme throughout, influenced by the colour scheme, the characters, the settings and the decorative parts of the pages.
The composition of the pages have a consistent style to them and the book does a full circle, beginning and starting at the same scene. This gives the book a strong beginning, middle and end.

I sent a PDF of my book to a printers called Inky Little Fingers. I'm extremely pleased with the outcome of my book, the quality of the colour and images is fantastic and the paper used is of a great quality. All of the pages look great, there isn't too much of the image lost in the gutter from how the book was bound, and all the information I wanted on the page is visible. My book has a very professional finish to it and I couldn't be happier with the outcome.

Conclusion:
After looking back to when I first started this project and first came up with my idea for creating a Children's Book, I have found that there were a few areas that required developing and improving and some that needed changing. I believe I have overcome these hurdles and my book is much better for it.

When I first started, I intended for my book to be created using watercolour and colouring pencils. I soon found, after creating colour studies, that these types of medium would not be appropriate for my book. Instead, I decided to use acrylic paint. I think this was a great decision and choice to make, as the final artwork in my book looks great and has a perfect finish to it.

I was originally aiming my book to be suitable for 5 - 8 year olds. I still think it is very suitable for this age range, however, I think because of the style of drawing and the use of colours, I think it could also be suitable for children a little younger. This making the book suitable for 3 - 8 year olds, but to be read with adults for the younger ages.
Although some things have changed, many aspects of my book have not. I have successfully created a book targeting anxiety and how to overcome the negative feelings and change them into positive feelings. Also, the main plot of the book has stayed very similar to what it was at the beginning, just a couple of tweaks have been made to ensure the story flowed well.
I'm very happy and proud with what I have created, and I hope it will help children overcome their feelings of anxiety when going to school.