Drawing a Blank
Jacob SouvaAn honest and authentic newsletter about making books for kids, from author-illustrator Jacob Souva. Loads of encouragement for illustrators, authors, and makers. Inspiration for getting better at <waves at everything> this together.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 170 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Picture Books: Words or Illustrations
What should come first for the author-illustrator?
There’s been a sea of muted black boxes for 45 minutes. I’ve overshared and probably said too much or too little or embarrassed myself in numerous ways. I can’t tell. Beads of sweat trickl...
In the Beginning...
Here’s five things from the week that was:
1. SOME ART MAKING
I’ve spent the week returning to <checks notes> last year’s project, The Big Blank. It needs further development and I’m excited to work through some of the...
Standing Out in the Age of Slop
How I'm thinking about AI as a maker of picture books
I’m super-glad we’ve landed on a name for the AI output. Slop, is fitting. (Crud is already taken? <dodges tomatoes> I joke, I joke!) Shiny junk? Glossy pooh? No, slop is a nice all enc...
A Lonely Fish
5 things from the studio this week
You don’t know it, but I’m not only an author-illustrator but I am a soccer-dad-sherpa and parent manager of two teams worth of smelly teenagers. This week was filled with the most annoying “adults failin...
The Stories We Tell
5 things from the studio this week
Hey friends! It’s been a really nice recovery week. The finals for Just Jelly (HarperCollins) were handed in for review and I moved onto cover sketches and little changes to The Girl with Big, Big Worries...
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Hello \ud83d\udc4b… My name is Jacob Souva, and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids.
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