#childrens books
Books read in January 2022
RADIO SILENCE by Alice Oseman (reread)
ANIMAL by Dorothea Lasky
SUNNY SIDE UP by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
INVISIBLE EMMIE by Terri Libenson
THE POSTMAN FROM SPACE 2: BIKER BANDITS by Guillaume Perreault
ZYLA & KAI by Kristina Forest
LONG DISTANCE by Whitney Gardner
THE TATTOOED POTATO AND OTHER CLUES by Ellen Raskin
To celebrate my first children’s book, I created the main character, Darryl Stevens, in the Sims 4 and am sharing him with you all! He is wearing all base game content (100% cc free). To install, unzip the file to your Sims 4 folder. If you are not sure how Tray files work, please view this video by itsmetroi: Tray File Tutorial or use the Gallery to search for Superhero Imagination.
Superhero Imagination Sim Tray Files - LINK
If you prefer to use the gallery, you may search the Item Name “Superhero Imagination” without the quotation marks.
Book images rendered using DAZ3D
If you’re interested in purchasing the book (available in Paperback and for Kindle devices), please click HERE
A rare non-sims post for a bit of self-promotion. I’ve created my first children’s book and its available now on Amazon for all Kindle devices! It’s the story of a little boy who uses his imagination to become a superhero.
AvailableHere (It’s $2.99 to purchase, but with Kindle Unlimited, it’s completely free!)
Ella the Gorilla is Out on Amazon (and Kindle)
When Rama Alshareef and Mawya Alfadda contacted me to illustrate a children’s book on science, I was not super fascinated. I didn’t think the story, any science-oriented story, would be fun. Also, with a gorilla and a bee as protagonists, I did not want to tackle the scale problem. The young writers had a dream, but they didn’t have the vision. They were not ready at the time. So I asked them to work on a detailed briefing which they shared a month later. When I read it, I jumped in without a second thought.
Why? I’ll tell you in future blog posts . I’ll write about the creative process, character design, thumbnail sketches, color design, the actual painting process and the different methods I followed, and I’ll tell you also about the visual storytelling approaches I adapted working on the scenes: how I thought about composition, perspective, visual effects, the use of blur, hiding in the story, appeal, relatability, the passage of time, mood, and other concepts that I really enjoyed playing with consciously as I worked on the book.
Get Your Copy
For now, I’ll leave you with some of the illustrations and a link to the book on Amazon. Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/603039553X.
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“Muhammad at-Tayieb” al-Hyari
Freelance Digital Artist & Illustrator
School Assignment- Children’s Book page illustration and a character turnaround!
I had to take text from the book Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo and completely reimagine it with a new story and characters.