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    Aug 07, 2020 3 minutes

    CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

    Illustrator SARAH MCINTYRE shares her top tips for creating a strong, sympathetic picture book character

    1 Try to create a character that readers can connect with, who touches your heart, and who can potentially be used in further stories.

    2 Try different ways of drawing the same character before you settle on one. When I was designing Unicorn in , I tried various ways of dressing him, styling his mane and adjusting his proportions. For (the book I co-authored with Giles Andree), it

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