Children's Illustrated Book

The illustrated book, “Preston Leans to Play Guitar” is an inspirational and encouraging story to children who believe they are not able to achieve something because they are too young or small. The intention is to encourage children as they grow, to have determination and bravery when learning new skills. The illustration style includes a hand drawn scale emphasis on the guitar to contrast with the young child and a watercolor dynamic background to promote youthfulness. The emotive characters create a relatable perspective, and the musical notes create movement throughout the storyline. The color palette consists of vibrant hues from the rainbow such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple to implement the first colors a child will learn. The sans serif typeface Chalkboard is an

easy-to-read dialogue that relates to handwriting while each page contains a rhyming scheme for a memorable song-like structure.