SCBWI 2025 Virtual Conference: Illustrator Intensive

I know that once I get into the groove of a conference, the creative energy starts to flow and circulate. My mind starts to wonder (in the best way) as you are writing down all of those incredible and invaluable notes, you begin to wonder how to apply them to your process.

Well, my illustrator friends, look no further! On Sunday, August 3rd, you can sign up for an Illustrator's Intensive, hosted and run by incredible artists, authors and art directors, where three successful illustrators will reveal their processes!

Clockwise from top left: Cece Bell (Author/Illustrator), Pat Cummings (Author/Illustrator), Cecilia Yung (Art Director, Illustrator), Zachariah OHora (Author/Illustrator), Laurent Linn (Art Director, Illustrator), Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Author/Illustrator)

This conference's intensive will be focused on:

FUNNY DRAWERS: The Serious Art of Visual Humor

Humor is powerful. Funny books have an uncanny way of finding their way into our hearts and onto best selling lists. Deployed strategically, comedy also creates a safe space to broach sensitive topics, discuss scary emotions, and introduce unfamiliar concepts. In children’s books, it’s a playful and effective way to introduce windows and mirrors that may change hearts and minds. Levity provides the honey that helps “the medicine go down.”

This is a wonderful opportunity to dive deeper into process, and really begin to see how it all those "notes" together!

For schedule, faculty bios and sign up for the Illustrator's Intensive HERE