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Tallowtree Press

Freelance Illustrator: Picture Book

  • £350 a day
  • Freelance
  • Remote
  • London, United Kingdom
  • Closes Fri 18 Dec
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About the role

Tallowtree Press is a small independent publisher of picture books, run from a shopfront office in Stoke Newington. Our spring list needs an illustrator for a 32-page book about two city foxes who spend one long night looking for the perfect bin.

We are imagining warm, textured gouache (real or digital) with a palette of tangerine, plum and streetlight yellow, and lots of small jokes in the background for grown-ups reading it for the hundredth time. The text is finished and the author is lovely.

The commission is 12 days at £350 a day across roughly ten weeks: roughs, a colour test spread, then finals, with delivery in March. You can work from anywhere in the UK. We will meet on video every fortnight, and you are welcome to come in for tea and biscuits if you are nearby.

Royalties are on top of the day rate, and your name goes on the cover.

What you’ll do

  • Develop the two fox characters and a colour script
  • Deliver roughs for all 14 spreads plus the cover
  • Produce final artwork at print resolution
  • Join fortnightly check-ins with the editor and art director

What we’re looking for

  • A portfolio with narrative or children's illustration
  • Gouache or a convincing digital gouache style
  • Able to commit 12 days between now and March
  • Based in the UK

Benefits

  • Day rate plus a royalty on every copy sold
  • Your name on the cover
  • Fully remote with flexible days
  • Ten finished copies for your shelf

Interview process

  • Send a portfolio link and two sketches of a fox
  • 30-minute video chat with the editor
  • Paid colour test spread (one day at the day rate)

Skills

  • Gouache
  • Procreate
  • Children's book illustration
  • Character design
  • Visual storytelling

Where you’ll work

Tallowtree Press

Tallowtree Press, Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom

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