I've been illustrating projects over the past year and have a bunch more to do, but I'm realizing that my style is too detailed and specific and it takes me so long. I'm thinking I should loosen up a bit and try learning to develop a simpler style. More of a cartoony style. The only way I can increase my productivity is to do things faster without losing quality. Therefore, that means I have to change my style.
Here is a sample of my current style:
Not only that, but the series of middle grade novels I want to put out over the next year (and next few years) will need approximately 10 illustrations in them, and if I can use a simpler style, it might be easier to hire someone (as in work for hire full time) to use my designed skeletons and styles to specify and finalize the art for the books.
Although, because I enjoy it, I would probably just hire someone to take over another aspect of my work.
My goal for 2027 is to really focus on middle grade books because that is where I find the most joy in writing. In fact, that's how I initially started writing. First with children's stories (getting published in Highlights and by CTB-McGraw Hill) and then as middle grade chapter books, then young adult novels, and then adult novels. It's like my stories grew up.
But now I am excited again about writing for younger audiences. It's so freeing and so much fun because it's kinda like reliving my childhood. Except sillier lol.
In other news . . .
I've decided that the only way to keep up with this blog is to treat it as a daily diary and write in it while I have my morning coffee.
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