The thesis I am presenting focuses on the children's picture book, the relationship between the literary and the visual parts of the picture book, children's reading development from pre-reading age to adolescence, illustration, its history and the process of illustration using digital illustration tools. We will start by talking about the children's picture book, what defines it and how it is divided according to the relationship between image and text and according to its function. Another important aspect of children's picture books is the child's own reading development, which is why I address this in the next section. Children at different ages are interested in different literature and a different approach is needed. For the youngest children, it is also important to take into account that they will not be reading the text themselves, but an adult will be reading it to them, and therefore their focus should be exclusively on the illustrations. I therefore touch on these in the next chapter, where I define the term and summarise a brief history of illustrations, noting that illustrations have been with us for a very long time. Once we have learned the key information about picture books, children's reading development and illustrations, I then turn to the actual construction of the picture book and where to start. Because apart from the illustration, the visual language, typography, format and form are also important in designig children's picture book.
Then I start designing the picture book myself, describing the process through my own practical experience. To illustrate the children's picture book, I use a Wacom One graphic tablet and programs Adobe Photoshop for the illustrative part and Adobe InDesign for editing the text.
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