Sumitra is ready for her next big adventure as a Full-time Remote Creative director / designer (for a brand anywhere in the world) . Please get in touch if there are any opportunities!
Welcome to the vibrant world of Sumitra, a children's book illustrator and self-publishing expert. With over 18 enchanting picture books written by authors from all over the globe, gracing bookshelves worldwide, Sumitra is your go-to partner for bringing your literary dreams to life.
Some pieces from the portfolio
Just some of the many pieces of the updated portfolio. Do check out all the other pieces here.
As a seasoned children's book illustrator, Sumitra has worked with a diverse range of authors and editors hailing from several countries, primarily from the USA, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. With a signature style characterized by bright and colorful illustrations, Sumitra has the unique ability to make stories come alive, captivating young readers and their parents alike. She has helped many children's book authors who were looking for good children's book illustrator on a budget.
Services Provided for a standard
32-page picture book:
Illustrations: Sumitra provides illustrations required for the cover, book spreads, social media promotional material. If you are wondering 'Why not just use AI images?', then please note that there are currently lawsuits going on focusing on copyright infringement, data privacy, etc. Creating anything for commercial use, like a children's book, is quite risky. The self-publishing market is already getting saturated with poor quality AI books. Plus, while marketing your book, an author typically speaks about the process of creating the book, talking about how you worked with an artist to bring life to your manuscript, makes for a great story to sell your book.
Text Layout & Formatting: Sumitra does what other illustrators don't do - text layout! She creates files that are ready to send to the printer. Normally, you would have to hire someone to do the formatting, but when Sumitra found her clients struggling to find someone in their budget, she learnt book designing and it is now one of her skills!
Self-Publishing Guidance: Sumitra helps authors with publishing their book on print-on-demand platforms like Amazon KDP and IngramSpark. She can alternatively connect you to bulk printers specializing in printing children's books.
Marketing Insights: It's not enough to create a beautiful book; you need to get it in the hands of readers. Sumitra offers valuable advice on marketing your books online, helping you build a dedicated readership. She has created promotion material like stickers, activity books, social media content, unboxing videos, book flipthrough videos. She can also guide you with promoting your book in magazines, websites, podcasts, through her contacts in the publishing industry globally.