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1. Great Illustrations Hannah!



As part of the NCBF this year, I spent a day at St Joseph's Primary School in Redcar. While there, I was introduced to Hannah, who enjoys writing stories and especially interested in illustration.

Unfortunately, Hannah wasn't in one of the classes I was booked to see, so she popped over to the staffroom at lunchtime, especially to meet me, and showed me some of her work. I especially liked this collage story about people at work, so she agreed to send me a copy.

It's taken a while for her to work out how to email it in a form I could open, but it was worth the wait, as now I have the chance to share some highlights of the book with you. I think you'll agree that it is really rather sophisticated for one so young.


I love the page design too - it shows a really strong sense of composition and makes unusual use of the space. It all balances beautifully and sets the illustration off perfectly. Well done Hannah - keep it up!

9 Comments on Great Illustrations Hannah!, last added: 1/9/2011
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2. Fresh Tips Put Into Action!


I want to quickly pass on a couple of great tips I picked up at the SCBWI conference over the weekend (and take the chance to show you a couple of the sketches I did on my way there).


The first tip comes from Tim Hopgood, another picture book illustrator / author, who I first met at the Northern Children's Book Festival earlier in the week.

We were at the same hotel for 3 days, so had dinner together each night, along with other folks like David Bedford, Joan Lennon and Alan Durant. That's one of the lovely things about the NCBF: you catch up with people you've not seen in ages and keep adding new friends each year.

Tim and I got on like a house on fire, so I was especially pleased to run into him a few days later at the conference. He was giving a talk on how his book ideas evolve.

He's an understated, but very funny guy, and the talk was really interesting. We all did lots of giggling and one of many things that amused us was when Tim shared a bit of his working practice: every day, before he starts work, he turns up the music good and loud, and spends a whole hour dancing around the studio, all by himself! This is an illustration from his gorgeous book Here Comes Frankie!, that seems rather apt...


So anyway, yesterday, after I had waded through my back e-mails for the week I've been away, I decided to try it. I couldn't afford an hour, as it was already about 11 o'clock, but I jumped and bopped for a good 10 minutes, and found that Tim's right: it's really good for clearing your head.


Out of breath and slightly sweaty (must get more exercise...) I starting in on the re-planning I need to do for a text that's been buzzing around for a while. Gullane are showing initial signs of interest, but are right that the idea needs some re-thinking.

3 Comments on Fresh Tips Put Into Action!, last added: 11/17/2010
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