About Denise
Hi! I'm Denise Ortakales, a writer and illustrator of various things, but mostly children's books. My medium of choice for illustration is paper sculpture, but there's a small part of me that is yearning to go 2D (horrors!) I've also been writing an MG/YA novel this past year which has been great fun! But some one new has been whispering in my ear lately, so I had to turn off my eternal/internal ... More
Denise's Blog: Paperlady's Sketch Journal - Recent Posts
| 4/23/2012 | The Power of Rosemary (0 Comments )
 This weekend I attended the 2012 New England Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference in Springfield, MA. I was totally surprised (and humbled) to be this year's recipient of the Rosemary Frye Award. What is that, you are... Read the rest of this post |
| 6/26/2011 | Illustration Friday — Midsummer Night (0 Comments )
 This is a self-promo piece I did a few years back. |
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Profile Comments
Comment by Jim Brenneman on 12/18/2007 at 7:16 PM:
Denise:
I'm very impressed with your work and a bit jealous. If I tried to do what you do I would make a mess. I'm a carttonist and illustrator and new to the site.
Denise:
I'm very impressed with your work and a bit jealous. If I tried to do what you do I would make a mess. I'm a carttonist and illustrator and new to the site.
Oh how I would love to be a fly on the wall and watch your create those beautiful paper sculptures. Your work is stunning and I will land here more often to keep track of your work.