It’s very important that characters in a picture book are consistent throughout. Little Johnny had better look the same on page two as he does on page 22! To make this easier, I begin by creating a series of sketches of each character so that I can refer to these images as I work my way through the final illustrations.
In addition to the farm animals in Cock-a-doodle-doo, Creak, Pop-pop, Moo, there are nine people: mom, dad, grandma, and six children!
Awesome, are there real-life folks that influenced any of these?
Phil, the kids and adults pictured above live only in my imagination.