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Every USI book goes through six steps: brief, character design, sketches and storyboard approval, line art, color, then cover, layout and print files. Below, you can follow one real book, Fern Greene's The Magic Lovey, through each step.
You share the manuscript, the page breakdown, references and your style wishes. If you are not sure about the style yet, start with a free colored sample.
For The Magic Lovey, the brief became a plan of 24 illustrations.
Before any page is drawn, we design the main characters, first in line and then in color. You approve them, so they stay consistent on every page.
We sketch every page and lay the pages out as a storyboard, with room for the text. Authors approve the full storyboard before final art.
For The Magic Lovey, that meant 24 sketched illustrations. Here is one page, sketch to final.
The approved sketch is redrawn as clean line art. This is where the composition is locked.
Line art from Sensory Explorers
Every page is painted digitally by hand. Revisions are unlimited, from sketch to final color, until each page feels right.
The Magic Lovey went through a full revision round on its finals.
We design the cover, set the text and export print-ready files for Amazon KDP or IngramSpark. Layout is from $700.
For The Magic Lovey: a hardcover file with spine, the interior file and three bonus coloring pages. The book was published in 2025, and Fern came back for a second book.
Each stage set (sketches and storyboard, then color, then cover and print files) usually takes about 4–6 weeks, depending on page count and how quickly feedback comes back.
Yes. Revisions are unlimited, from sketch to final color.
At the storyboard stage. You approve every page as a sketch before any final art is made.
No. Every illustration is 100% human-made.
Yes. Request a free colored sample in your chosen style before you commit.
Yes. We design the cover, lay out the interior and deliver print-ready files. Layout is from $700.
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