Glossary

Annotations – Written remarks on changes to make on pictures.

Back cover – The back page of a book showing the image.

Book plan – A drawing of the books pages, to see the layout clearly.

Cameo – a small illustration in a book that fills half a page.

Characterful – animal illustrations which have a character of their own.

Colour tests – A group of painted shapes to test colours and palettes before committing to them.

Composition – An arrangement of images and words for a book.

Critical review – an essay or article that evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of a text, film, article, or other content.

Digital brushes – Brushes on Procreate like paint brush but using an Apple Pencil.

Domestika – a online learning website for creatives.

DPI – Dots per inch

Eco – Environmental issues, like plastic free, save the trees, save the bee’s

Elements – Small illustrations that I use to layer.

End papers – decorative papers at the start of a book and at the end of the book, usually used in the inside covers.

Fine liner – Black or coloured thin pen.

First draft – the initial version of a piece of writing.

Font – A style of letter.

Front cover – The front image of a book.

Full bleed – A printing technique that extends a design or image to the edge of a page without leaving any white borders.

Glossary – A list of terms and definitions for a specific topic.

GSM – Weight of watercolour paper.

Half page spread – a illustration that takes up half of one side of a page in a book.

Harvard Reference – A system for citing sources in writing that uses two main components.

InDesign – A software program for creatives.

iPad – Electronic tablet.

Keywords – A word or group of words which sum up the text.

Language of text – Checking the language is appropriate for the age range of the book.

Mixed media – Using different paint mediums altogether in one illustration

Mock up – a visualisation of a product, book or object that shows what the final version may look like.

Moodboard – A visual presentation that organises images, texts and samples to convey an idea.

Painterly – A style of painting that shows the paint and brush marks

Pecha Kucha – is a presentation format that uses 20 slides each displayed for 20 seconds, to tell a story.

Picture book – A children’s book for younger children that has lots of describing pictures as well as words.

Procreate – Apple App for digital drawing.

Project plan – A plan of action for a large project of piece of work.

Publishers page – A page in a published book, where the publishers details are written, the address, year, copyright, ISBN numbers.

Realistic – not fine art but looks like the real thing, in a characterful way.

Rough sketch – Pencil drawings very rough, mainly just outlines or shapes.

Scan – Scanning an illustration.

Spider diagram – A visual tool that uses lines and circles to organise information.

Spot – A tiny illustration for books.

Surface pattern – The process of creating artwork that is intended to be used or applied to surfaces or products.

Text – The main body of a book.

Texture – Paint textures, pencils textures, soft, smooth or rough.

Thumbnails – Squares of small drawings.

Vignette – A small illustration or portrait, without a definite border.

Watercolour pencils – coloured pencils which water can be added to, which makes the pencil more like paint.

Word counts – How many pages in a book.