At the 2008 SCBWI LA Conference, author/illustrator Adam Rex shared the secret to creating 32 pages of awesome in a picture book layout. Follow these secrets to success to find your own inner illustration-diva: What Layout Choices Does the Illustrator Have? It is the illustrator’s job to create the page breaks in the manuscript. The…
Illustrator Advice
Quote of the Week: Vincent Van Gogh
“I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though one sometimes feels a kind of decay, though things go differently from the expected, it is necessary to take heart again and have new courage. For the great things are not done by impulse, but by…
Keep Reading »
A Tender Bridge: Author Ashley Bryan
Quotes and Advice from Ashley Bryan: “If you put art into the world, you will get beauty in return.” If I can conjure up the joy of the voice of the book, then the child will want to read. Kids don’t want to be put on the spot. A kid can work with you if…
Keep Reading »
Follow Your Passions: Advice from Illustrator E.B. Lewis
Children’s book illustrator E.B. Lewis doesn’t refer to himself as a fine artist or an illustrator but as an Artistrator. He gave a keynote speech at the 2010 LA SCBWI Conference about his journey as both fine artist and illustrator, and the passion behind his craft. The following notes were taken during his talk: The…
Keep Reading »
Loren Long: Illustrating The Picture Book
Why do you want to write and illustrate picture books? Illustrator Loren Long, began his keynote speech at the 2010 LA SCBWI Conference with this question. The following notes are an overview of what he had to say about his process, creating emotion in art, and the importance of leaving something behind for the next…