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Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Penguin Active Readers: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button:
John said, "Another batch of Penguin Active Readers. These were all really classic stories with new illustrations. The scene illustrated on the cover of Benjamin Button went through several revisions as the new-born Benjamin is going to be bathed by the..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Firecrest: World Mammals:
John said, "This book is the first book I got to work on with Firecrest, probably about 4 years ago, and it has only just been finished – as far as I am concerned. I don’t think it has been printed yet, because I haven’t had my copy, but it..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Pearson: Comics for Phonics:
John said, "Brilliant fun to be involved with this project. These were a total reworking of older material to often completely different stories to bring about strictly phonically decode-able graphic stories for the Bug Club reading scheme.They seem to be only..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Arcturus: The Totally Brilliant Puzzle & Drawing Book:
John said, "The second of the Totally Brilliant Puzzle series; another 208 page marathon to produce. Written, designed and illustrated very much on-the-fly, which is a very different experience from getting a complete manuscript from the start. But Lisa‘s..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Children’s Book Design Project Management:
John said, "Red Paper Design offer design project management of children’s books & software for education, ELT, and trade markets. We are a partnership at our core, but are flexible enough to accommodate large projects through our extensive contacts..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Ransom: Boffin Boy Series 2:
John said, "The second series of Boffin Boy brought the total number of books to 12. Peter’s Adobe Illustrator artwork is great to work with – we don’t have to think too hard about print resolution as we pull elements out of the page..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Boffin Boy Workbooks:
John said, "Each workbook covers 3 of the Boffin Boy titles and develops comprehension of the stories and encourages imaginative exploration of the themes and ideas in them.The covers and pages all reuse the book artworks, extracting and recombining them to..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Oxford Reading Tree: Snapdragons:
John said, "We returned to the work we did designing and commissioning illustration for the Snapdragons reading scheme because we referred to these fantastic little books recently while developing a design course for Oxford Brookes University and Save The..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Ransom: Boffin Boy Series 3:
John said, "Boffin Boy is back with a new series of manga style graphic stories. Introducing his pet dog, Katt, who comes to the rescue on more than one occasion thanks to his own super powers. 6 great little graphic novels and 2 whacky workbooks aimed at..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:58:24 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Children’s Book Design Project Management:
John said, "Red Paper Design offer design project management of children’s books & software for education, ELT, and trade markets. We are a partnership at our core, but are flexible enough to accommodate large projects through our extensive contacts..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:58:24 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Ransom: Boffin Boy Series 2:
John said, "The second series of Boffin Boy brought the total number of books to 12. Peter’s Adobe Illustrator artwork is great to work with – we don’t have to think too hard about print resolution as we pull elements out of the page..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:58:24 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Boffin Boy Workbooks:
John said, "Each workbook covers 3 of the Boffin Boy titles and develops comprehension of the stories and encourages imaginative exploration of the themes and ideas in them.The covers and pages all reuse the book artworks, extracting and recombining them to..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:58:24 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Oxford Reading Tree: Snapdragons:
John said, "We returned to the work we did designing and commissioning illustration for the Snapdragons reading scheme because we referred to these fantastic little books recently while developing a design course for Oxford Brookes University and Save The..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:58:24 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Ransom: Boffin Boy Series 3:
John said, "Boffin Boy is back with a new series of manga style graphic stories. Introducing his pet dog, Katt, who comes to the rescue on more than one occasion thanks to his own super powers. 6 great little graphic novels and 2 whacky workbooks aimed at..." more
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:14:55 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Pearson: Comics for Phonics:
John said, "Brilliant fun to be involved with this project. These were a total reworking of older material to often completely different stories to bring about strictly phonically decode-able graphic stories for the Bug Club reading scheme. They seem to be..." more
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:14:55 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Arcturus: The Totally Brilliant Puzzle & Drawing Book:
John said, "The second of the Totally Brilliant Puzzle series; another 208 page marathon to produce. Written, designed and illustrated very much on-the-fly, which is a very different experience from getting a complete manuscript from the start. But Lisa‘s..." more
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:32:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Firecrest: World Mammals:
John said, "This book is the first book I got to work on with Firecrest, probably about 4 years ago, and it has only just been finished – as far as I am concerned. I don’t think it has been printed yet, because I haven’t had my copy, but it..." more
Monday, September 10, 2012 1:20:52 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled The Totally Brilliant Puzzle and Activity Book:
John said, " The 208 page bumper puzzle book. Stuffed with puzzles and activities. I seemed to spend most of my time cutting out Beccy’s pictures in Photoshop so that they could be reused in different parts of the book. I wrote some useful actions to..." more
Monday, September 10, 2012 1:20:52 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Penguin Active Readers: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button:
John said, "Another batch of Penguin Active Readers. Some really classic stories here including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The scene illustrated on the cover went through several revisions as the new-born Benjamin is going to be bathed by the nurse...." more
Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:34:05 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Hello world!:
John said, "Hi everyone. Redpaperdesign is long overdue an overhaul so that’s what it will get – 7/12"
Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:00:02 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Hello world!:
John said, "Hi everyone. Redpaperdesign is long overdue an overhaul so that’s what it will get – 7/12"
Monday, May 30, 2011 8:47:03 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Firecrest: Project Learning – Mammals:
John said, "This is a buy-in from an Australian publisher. The original was in mono with inconsistent typography. But the text was good, so rights were bought and we were asked to repackage the book with Firecrest’s artwork to produce new layouts. An..." more
Monday, May 30, 2011 8:47:03 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Penguin Active Readers: Stories of Other Worlds:
John said, "Stories of Other Worlds cover artwork: Adam Hunter Peck Part of the Penguin Active Readers series for 2010, published by Pearson Education. Three short stories by H.G. Wells: The Country of the Blind, The Door in the Wall, The Young Ghost,..." more
Monday, May 30, 2011 8:47:03 PM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Illustrator’s roughs:
John said, "Although I like seeing finished artwork when it comes in, I get more excited earlier in the process, on receipt of roughs. I think it is because though the final artwork is usually very accomplished it is in the roughs that the draftsmanship can be..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 11:10:53 AM
John Walker wrote a blog post titled Arcturus: The Totally Brilliant Puzzle and Activity Book:
John said, "The 208 page bumper puzzle book. Stuffed with puzzles and activities. I seemed to spend most of my time cutting out Beccy’s pictures in Photoshop so that they could be reused in different parts of the book. I wrote some useful actions to speed..." more