{"id":2344,"date":"2024-04-18T12:42:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbaramarini.com\/portfolio-progetti\/illustrated-books-creating-a-childrens-book-as-a-private-commission\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:45:54","slug":"illustrated-books-creating-a-childrens-book-as-a-private-commission","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/barbaramarini.com\/en\/portfolio-items\/illustrated-books-creating-a-childrens-book-as-a-private-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustrated Books: Creating a Children\u2019s Book as a Private Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"116\"><strong data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"114\">Illustrated Book: \u201cThe Magic Box\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"617\">For this beautiful <strong>private commission<\/strong>, the special occasion was the <strong>birthday of Alexandra\u2019s partner<\/strong>, made even more special as it coincided with the birth of their first child.<br data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"297\" \/>Alexandra contacted me to create this <strong>children\u2019s book<\/strong>, providing a wonderful text that recalls the <strong>key moments of her partner\u2019s life and their love story<\/strong>, up to the birth of their little one. The story is clearly fictionalized but features real-life characters: the mother, the father, the grandmother, the family dog\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"727\">A fun detail: her partner is a huge fan of the world of Zelda, so in the book we dressed him up as Link \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"1162\">These commissions always touch me, because they allow me to become <strong>part of the client\u2019s life<\/strong>, <strong>their emotions<\/strong> (like the birth of their first child), and <strong>a piece of their story<\/strong>. A wonderful relationship of trust is always formed, and I feel a bit of melancholy when delivering the final book. But I\u2019m happy to have contributed to creating such a special object that will remain in Alexandra\u2019s and her family\u2019s hearts for a long time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1355\">As with this <strong>book<\/strong>, having no publishing house behind it and being <strong>custom-made for the client<\/strong>, I also handled the <strong>layout<\/strong>, c<strong>over design<\/strong>, and <strong>printing<\/strong>, delivering a complete, <strong>finished product<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"1042\" data-end=\"1133\"><strong>If you want to see more children\u2019s books I\u2019ve worked on: <a href=\"https:\/\/barbaramarini.com\/en\/portfolio-catogories\/childrens-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHILDREN\u2019S BOOKS \u2013 PORTFOLIO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1227\"><strong>If you want to see more illustrated gifts made on commission: <a href=\"https:\/\/barbaramarini.com\/en\/portfolio-items\/personalized-illustrated-gifts-on-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CUSTOM ILLUSTRATED GIFTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1324\">If you like this project, also check the <a href=\"https:\/\/barbaramarini.com\/en\/categories\/children-illustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1297\">Children\u2019s Illustration<\/strong><\/a> section of my portfolio.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1402\">And to stay updated on news and new projects, follow my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BarbaraMariniIllustrazioni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1399\">Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1355\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustrated Book: \u201cThe Magic Box\u201d For this beautiful private commission, the special occasion was the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2348,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[140,139,141,142],"portfolio_skills":[144,145,148,147,143,146],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2344","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-childrens-books","portfolio_category-childrens-illustration","portfolio_category-custom-illustrated-gifts","portfolio_category-private-commissions","portfolio_skills-adobe-photoshop","portfolio_skills-character-design","portfolio_skills-childrens-books","portfolio_skills-childrens-illustration","portfolio_skills-graphics-tablet","portfolio_skills-watercolor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illustrated Books: Creating a Children\u2019s Book as a Private Commission<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Children\u2019s Illustrated Books: Private Commission to Illustrate a Family Story \u2013 Children\u2019s Illustration\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/barbaramarini.com\/en\/portfolio-items\/illustrated-books-creating-a-childrens-book-as-a-private-commission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illustrated Books: Creating a Children\u2019s Book as a Private Commission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Children\u2019s Illustrated Books: Private Commission to Illustrate a Family Story \u2013 Children\u2019s Illustration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/barbaramarini.com\/en\/portfolio-items\/illustrated-books-creating-a-childrens-book-as-a-private-commission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Barbara Marini Illustrazioni &amp; 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