The Rainbow Stories

Character Design

Hand-drawn character design for children’s books – full casts, turnarounds and expression sheets for readers aged 2 to 12. Every character here was drawn for a real book, by hand, with no AI.

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Character DesignStoryboardingBook CoversAnimalsFantasyFamilyAfrican AmericanSchool & ClassroomAnimation
Character design for a children’s book showing a friendly brown bear standing upright
Character design for a children’s book showing a boy waving with a speech bubble reading Hi
Character design for a children’s book showing a girl with long wavy hair wearing a golden leaf crown
Character design for a children’s book showing a girl fairy in a pink tutu with translucent wings
Character study for a children’s book showing a girl’s head drawn twice, with afro puffs and with loose curls
Character design for a children’s book showing the same curly-haired boy in pyjamas and in his day clothes
Character design for a children’s book showing a red cartoon aeroplane with big friendly eyes
Character design for a children’s book showing a blue and white biplane with friendly eyes
Character design sheet for a children’s book showing a girl in a dress, a yellow raincoat and a yellow hood
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Want work like this for your book?Hand-drawn by a small studio, never AI, and quoted per book rather than per hour. Tell us about the manuscript and we will come back with a figure.
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