There was a whole section devoted to children's illustration and interviews with several artists who generally came to the same conclusion of not following pre-conceived notions of 'child-friendliness' is the best way to go about making a picture book.
For me it has been and is about balance. As much as I'd love to make something wholly abstract for maybe, my own benefit, I don't think that would suit children so well. When I think about what I liked as a child, I liked big images with lots to look at. Exciting things like tigers and forests. There's a place for more abstract books but that's not what I'm going for in this project. I think it's more than possible to create something that can be enjoyed by children and adults but I would always cater it to the children first (everything that can be enjoyed by a child can be enjoyed by an adult but maybe not the other way around). I am not fond of things that market themselves as for children when it's just a ruse to cater to adults with some sort of high-art agenda on their children. I'd rather be open and be like, hey this is an art book with some narrative that's for adults who like to look at pictures!
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