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Read more about the article Affordable Children’s Book Illustration Services: How to Get Beautiful Art Without Breaking the Bank
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Affordable Children’s Book Illustration Services: How to Get Beautiful Art Without Breaking the Bank

Hold up. Before you despair, know that professional, beautiful artwork can be achieved on a modest budget. In this post, I’ll share how to find and plan affordable children’s book illustration services through planning, clarity, and collaboration - not by cutting corners.

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15 October 2025
Read more about the article How to Choose the Right Childrens Book Illustrator for Self Publishing Success
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How to Choose the Right Childrens Book Illustrator for Self Publishing Success

So you’ve written a story you love, but it needs illustrations to truly come alive. You may be finding it difficult to meet the right childrens book illustrator for self publishing and this is not uncommon for self published authors. You need someone who fits both your budget and your vision and this post aims to help you find that perfect someone.

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6 October 2025
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These guidelines are to give you a rough idea of costs, largely in line with U.K. rates. Each project will get its own quote with time, research, level of art direction, complexity taken into account.
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  • Animated Illustration £30 p/h
  • Picture Book Page - £50 - £150
    Book - £2700 - £19000
  • Book Cover - £38 - £114 p/h
    £380 - £3800
  • Editorial - £50 p/h
    Illustration - £76 - £1525
  • Packaging Illustration - £30 - £60 p/h
    Illustration - £380 - £3813
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We were more than delighted to be working with Ceri on our book of poetry, published in 2024, titled, ‘Wildfire: Poems for our Planet and published on Amazon.
From the very beginning of our collaboration, Ceri was a fantastic professional to work with – her design and artistic skills produced a vibrant, beautiful cover that has helped sell the book online and in local libraries.
At each stage of the process, she showed outstanding professionalism and knowledge in illustration and design, and in the IT knowledge required.
We, Lisa Rossetti and myself, highly recommend Ceri and her ability to translate a vision into a real result that means creatives such as ourselves can realise our writing into the finished product.
We are so appreciative of the help Ceri gave us and would love to collaborate with her again in the future x

Wildfire front cover
Catherine Davies
2 February 2025
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