I wrote a book and didn’t want to illustrate it until there was hope of publishing. Now I have an interested publisher and must create 3 illustrations. I am nervous, happy and excited. I don’t know where to begin. I am an artist. I am a graphic designer. I have the skill. I’ve seen so many styles I like, though, and cannot figure out how to do my illustrations. I am not sure how realistic, how cartoonistic, how colorful, how much detail and texture, and so forth, to put in. I have to decide. The only way to decide is to begin doing different styles and then decide which will work best, right?
