Book Design & Illustration

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the rumbling rhino book cover
inside rumbling rhino page
a photo of the back of a book

THE RUMBLING RHINO

I illustrated this book by hand using watercolour paint.

I designed and laid out all the illustrations and text using Adobe InDesign.

Author: Roslynne Toerien.

Illustration & Design: Julie Smith-Belton

Published by: Penguin Kids SA, 2022.

 

under the baobab tree book cover held up in hands
open book with elephant illustrations
mother and baby leopard illustration

Under the baobab tree

I illustrated this book using a combination of hand painted watercolour and digital illustration, which I created using Procreate on an iPad Pro.

I then designed and laid out all the illustrations and text using Adobe InDesign.

Author: Roslynne Toerien.

Illustration & Design: Julie Smith-Belton

Published by: Penguin Kids SA, 2022.

front cover of book called there's a fire on the mountain
inside page from book. children running
page from book showing girl crying

There’s a fire on the mountain

‘There’s a Fire on the Mountain’ is a children’s book I illustrated in 2021 for Book Dash, a “South African social impact publisher of free books for very young children”. 

At a Book Dash event creative professionals gather to work and create beautiful new children’s books  in just one day!

The book was created in an online 12 hour book making marathon and I illustrated it using Procreate on an iPad.

Author: Kirsty Paxton.

Illustrator: Julie Smith-Belton

Published by: Book Dash, 2021.

 

Here is a link to the full online book “There’s a Fire on the Mountain”:
To see all the books I have worked on with Book Dash:
to the top front cover
page from inside book showing flower and lizard
back cover of To the Top book

To The Top

‘To The Top’ is a wordless book that I also illustrated in 2021 for Book Dash.

Author: Clea Mollinson.

Illustrator: Julie Smith-Belton

Published by: Book Dash, 2021.

 

Here is a link to “To the Top” : 

https://bookdash.org/books/to-the-top/

 

To see all the books I have worked on with Book Dash: