9 Nov 2022, 01:14

I feel like I’ve been taught to believe that the only types of illustrations that should be in a children’s book portfolio are illustrations that you would see in an actual book be it a picture book, chapter book, or graphic novel. So should we not have character pose sheets that show a characters different expressions and some different poses? I feel like it makes sense to have them in a portfolio but I’ve also never heard of them being included in a portfolio unless it’s for animation or concept art.
I’m currently enrolled with an illustration coach and they said I should have some character studies in my portfolio but I was just a bit confused by this because I’d never heard anyone mention that for portfolios before.