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Diego Ferreirados Santos
Concept ProjectChildren’s illustration

Little AtlasPicture Book

A picture-book world with a recurring character, an illustrated story spread and a cover in one consistent style.

Little Atlas illustration of a child explorer and an orange fox approaching a glowing greenhouse in a rainy forest.
AI-generated concept image

Self-initiated concept. The visuals are AI-generated art-direction concepts, not completed client work.

Intended audience

Young readers and the adults who read with them.

Creative objective

Build a warm, detailed world where characters stay recognisable from page to page.

Visual direction

A small orange fox and a child explorer discovering a glowing greenhouse in a rainy forest, painted with gouache textures in emerald and coral.

What the supplied preview demonstrates

One AI-generated art-direction still and a short animated preview that moves a camera across that still. Together they show composition, palette, typography and mood.

They do not show completed animation, working software or editable production files.

Little Atlas illustration of a child explorer and an orange fox approaching a glowing greenhouse in a rainy forest.Animated concept preview
A short camera-move loop over the concept still — not a finished film.

Proposed full production scope

Deliverables a real production of this concept would include.

  • Character model sheet
  • Cover
  • 3 illustrated spreads

Production approach

Lock character proportions on a model sheet first, then keep the storytelling style consistent across every spread.

Suggested Production Stack

  • Procreate
  • Photoshop
  • InDesign

Tools proposed for producing the real deliverables. Their use is not claimed by the preview.

3D & Illustration

Materials, lighting & camera

The three levers that make a rendered or illustrated world believable.

  1. Materials

    Physically plausible surfaces with texture at the right scale.

  2. Lighting

    Light that defines form and mood, consistent from shot to shot.

  3. Camera

    Lens, height and movement chosen to flatter the subject.

Detail views

Crops taken directly from the concept still.

  • Detail crop 1 of the Little Atlas concept
  • Detail crop 2 of the Little Atlas concept
  • Detail crop 3 of the Little Atlas concept

Palette sampled from the concept

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