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Illustration can change how a reader understands, remembers, and emotionally connects with a book. For children’s authors, it is often the heart of the reading experience. For fantasy, memoir, educational, poetry, graphic, and specialist non-fiction titles, the right artwork can clarify ideas, deepen atmosphere, and make the finished book feel complete. But illustration is not just drawing beautiful pictures. It requires character consistency, style direction, print-ready files, layout awareness, colour control, age-appropriate visual storytelling, and a clear production process from first sketch to final artwork.
At Ireland Publishing House, our book illustration services in Ireland help authors turn written ideas into polished visual worlds. We create custom illustrations for children’s books, picture books, covers, interiors, chapter books, workbooks, educational titles, and illustrated publishing projects, with artwork prepared for print, eBook, Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Apple Books, and wider distribution.
We create illustrations for a wide range of author projects, including children’s picture books, early readers, chapter books, fantasy titles, memoirs, educational books, activity books, workbooks, poetry collections, cover art, spot illustrations, maps, character sheets, and full-spread artwork. Every project begins with style direction, because the illustration style must fit the book’s age group, genre, emotional tone, and commercial positioning.
Our process can cover everything from character design and storyboard sketches to final colour artwork and print-ready file preparation. If you already have illustrations, we can review them for consistency, resolution, bleed, colour profile, and production readiness. If you need original artwork from scratch, we guide the visual development step by step so the finished illustrations support the story, not just decorate it.
Custom characters, scenes, covers & interior artwork
Children’s books, educational titles & illustrated fiction
Print-ready artwork for Amazon KDP, IngramSpark & more
Our Portfolio
A short look at author projects brought to life with custom book artwork.
Strong book illustration does more than look attractive. It guides attention, supports pacing, reveals character, and helps readers understand the world of the book. In children’s books, illustrations often carry half the storytelling weight. In educational books, they make information easier to absorb. In fiction and fantasy, they can make a setting feel real before the reader reaches the first chapter. We create illustrations with the full book experience in mind, including page turns, text placement, trim size, audience age, and the final format in which readers will hold or view the book.
From visual concept to final print-ready artwork, our process gives authors a clear path for creating illustrations that match the story and publishing format.
We begin by understanding your manuscript, audience, genre, preferred visual style, publishing format, and production goals. A picture book for preschool readers needs a very different illustration approach from a fantasy map, chapter book interior, or educational workbook. This step defines the creative direction before artwork begins.
For books with recurring characters, we develop visual references that keep characters consistent across every page. This can include facial features, clothing, colour palettes, expressions, poses, and key personality traits. Consistency is essential, especially for children’s books and series projects.
Before final artwork, we create sketches or storyboard layouts to plan composition, page flow, text space, and scene structure. This gives you the chance to review the visual direction early and make changes before detailed illustration work begins.
Once sketches are approved, we move into final artwork. This includes colour, detail, texture, lighting, background elements, and final scene polish. Artwork is created to match the approved style and to support the emotional tone and readability of the book.
Illustrations must work inside the final book format. We prepare artwork with trim size, bleed, margins, colour quality, resolution, and platform requirements in mind so the final files are suitable for print and digital publishing. This helps prevent cropping issues, blurry images, and layout problems later.
After the artwork is complete, we review the illustrations with you and prepare final files for the next publishing stage. If you are also formatting or publishing with us, we coordinate the artwork directly with layout, cover design, print setup, and platform submission.
Artwork that looks good on a screen can still fail in production if it is the wrong size, resolution, colour format, or layout shape. Book illustration needs to be created with publishing realities in mind from the beginning. We prepare illustrations for the formats authors actually need: paperback, hardcover, eBook, fixed-layout picture books, workbooks, Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and other distribution platforms. The result is artwork that is not only beautiful, but usable, consistent, and ready for the next stage of publishing.
Whether you need a full children’s picture book, interior artwork, educational visuals, or a custom illustrated cover, we help shape the artwork from concept to final publishing-ready files.
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Our Portfolio
A short look at illustrated author projects prepared for print and digital publishing.
We provide a complete range of publishing services to help you move from manuscript to finished book. Each service is delivered in clear stages, giving you structure, support, and professional guidance throughout the publishing process.
We publish books across major platforms, including Amazon KDP, IngramSpark and other global distributors. Whether you choose print, eBook or both, we guide you in selecting the right format and publishing route for your goals.
Explore ServiceWe provide developmental editing, line editing, copy editing and proofreading, depending on what your manuscript needs. Our editors improve structure, language and accuracy while keeping your tone and message intact.
Explore ServiceWe offer ghostwriting support across all genres, including fiction, non-fiction, autobiographies, business books, self-help, academic work and children’s stories. Our writers shape your ideas into clear, well-written manuscripts through structured collaboration.
Explore ServiceWe design covers for fiction, non-fiction, academic books and children’s titles in both print and digital formats. From illustrated concepts to clean typographic styles, our designers create covers that suit your genre and audience.
Explore ServiceWe format books for novels, academic texts, children’s books and non-fiction titles. Our layouts are prepared for paperback, hardback and eBook versions, ensuring your content meets platform and printing requirements.
Explore ServiceWe help promote your book through launch planning, online listings, author branding and targeted campaigns. Our strategies focus on visibility across digital platforms while helping you reach the right readership for your genre.
Explore ServiceShare your manuscript, artwork needs, age group, and publishing goals. We will help you plan the right illustration approach for your book.
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There is so much support, guidance and advice throughout the process, with regular updates on editing, marketing, visuals and planning.
View reviewThe ghostwriters reshaped chapters that felt too stiff, and the audiobook voice sounded natural after small pacing tweaks.
View reviewFrom writing assistance to final publishing, everything was handled professionally, and small revisions were completed quickly.
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View reviewThere is so much support, guidance and advice throughout the process, with regular updates on editing, marketing, visuals and planning.
View reviewThe ghostwriters reshaped chapters that felt too stiff, and the audiobook voice sounded natural after small pacing tweaks.
View reviewFrom writing assistance to final publishing, everything was handled professionally, and small revisions were completed quickly.
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View reviewCommunication was steady and instructions were followed as given. Edits and formatting were completed correctly without multiple follow-ups.
View reviewBy the time editing was done, everything flowed much better. It sounded closer to the original voice, just cleaner and more structured.
View reviewThe cover captured the essence of the book, looked professional, and aligned beautifully with the story.
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View reviewCommunication was steady and instructions were followed as given. Edits and formatting were completed correctly without multiple follow-ups.
View reviewBy the time editing was done, everything flowed much better. It sounded closer to the original voice, just cleaner and more structured.
View reviewThe cover captured the essence of the book, looked professional, and aligned beautifully with the story.
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View reviewWe guide you through the publishing process in clear, simple steps, so you always know what is happening and what comes next. Your work is kept fully confidential, your feedback is taken seriously, and nothing moves forward without your approval. Our role is to remove confusion, protect your work, and make sure your book is completed properly and professionally.
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