stories, pictures, and food for thought from christian robinson
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Takeaways: Pitching a Picture Book
How to package your picture book idea
If you’re new here, hi, and thank you for joining. Before we get into how I go about pitching a picture book, I’ll share some things that caught my eye on my travels and made their way into my sketchbo...
Takeaways: Storyboarding a Picture Book
An in-depth look into how I make picture books.
Hi, everyone. This is Takeaways, a little series in which I will be giving folks a look into how I go about making picture books. This is for people who are curious to learn more about the ar...
Creative Fuel
How Limitations Liberate
If you’re just joining me, welcome. Since June, my partner John and I have been living out of a suitcase and traveling the world. Things at home in the US were feeling increasingly unsettling, so we decided to embr...
Metamorphosis
Why I’ll never make a picture book the same way again…
I love what I get to do for a living. Most days, I wake up excited to be able to create something, to solve a design challenge, to hone my craft as a maker of picture books. With that...
dad | new book + cover reveal + first look
A book called Dad, a loving tribute to all kinds of dads (animal and human), is not something I thought I would ever write. I may have felt that I lacked the necessary ingredients to tell that kind of story. I’m not a father myself, and my...
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Picture book illustrator, author, and designer. Photo taker. Long walker. Homebody. Explorer.
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