20 Feb 2023, 21:58

Hi Laura, thanks for letting us peak into your portfolio! 😃

Here is my opinion, and I hope it's helpful:
It seems to me that you are used to drawing the eyes mainly as black dots (is that also the case in your picture book dummy?). That's why illustrations with eyes that are no dots are not fitting well into the rest.
So I would put the very first image with the magnifying glass down OR rework the eyes of the protagonists to make them black dots (with maybe some light reflections in it), as the idea is really sweet and telling a story.

The pic of the girl that has a letter in her lunch box also looks very different in style, that's why I would take it down.
Same for the Halloween scene - this looks very different from your other pieces, maybe again because of the eyes?

The one right to the Halloween scene has a flaw in the proportions (arms are too long) and also different eyes than your usual style, so I would put that one down as well. Also it would not tell any interesting story (like the very first pic), so I would also put it down in regards of "visual storytelling". 🙂

I really LIKE the cover of Bird and Dog, but it's outstanding in style. So either you might add two other illustrations in that really cute style, or put the pic down.

The rest of the illustrations are consistent in style, in my opinion (except for Santa Claus but I think for him it's ok to look a little bit different), so if you want to reduce them to 10, my favs are:
1 Little Scientists with reworked eyes
2 Roller Skating Angel
3 The princess and the pea
4 Henry and Simba
5 Jack's Library
6 New England Letter Carrier
7 Mom Sick Day
8 The question
9 Mice in Paris
10 Missing Grandma

Good luck with the submission! ♥