Morning Bells , I think it is completely fascinating how you can described be your work processes so articulately!! Watching the poem gradually taking shape visually is very well done... it has been drawn often before by well known illustrators but you have developed your own very personal depiction and produced a beautiful book. Also it is interesting to me that it has a particularly English flavour to it, the fire place and architecture look Victorian, with ‘William Morris’ type tiles.. a wonderful and enlightening description, well done!!!!!
Just sat down with a cuppa to catch up on all these great posts about behind the scenes of your new book. I LOVE hearing about different creative processes so thanks so much for the access all areas!
Question for your q&a - how did you approach the overall design of the book? Were you working with a designer to decide compositions and the overall flow of the book (what went on what page) or did you fly solo?
And placing text?
I’m feeling very inspired by the way you approached getting to know Santa...I have had such a block on character development so far but I’m determined to crack it 🙌 characters getting out of bed and eating brekkie seems like a great place to start 👍🏻😊
This is great. Thanks Ella. I love that you work mainly with materials and then use Photoshop when you need to. There seems to be so much emphasis on working digitally but I love my materials so much. This series of posts about your book is helping me keep the faith. Xxx
Morning Bells , I think it is completely fascinating how you can described be your work processes so articulately!! Watching the poem gradually taking shape visually is very well done... it has been drawn often before by well known illustrators but you have developed your own very personal depiction and produced a beautiful book. Also it is interesting to me that it has a particularly English flavour to it, the fire place and architecture look Victorian, with ‘William Morris’ type tiles.. a wonderful and enlightening description, well done!!!!!
Just sat down with a cuppa to catch up on all these great posts about behind the scenes of your new book. I LOVE hearing about different creative processes so thanks so much for the access all areas!
Question for your q&a - how did you approach the overall design of the book? Were you working with a designer to decide compositions and the overall flow of the book (what went on what page) or did you fly solo?
And placing text?
I’m feeling very inspired by the way you approached getting to know Santa...I have had such a block on character development so far but I’m determined to crack it 🙌 characters getting out of bed and eating brekkie seems like a great place to start 👍🏻😊
This is lovely Els! I really like the early sketches too but that makes sense about the decision not to see Santa and the r reindeer too early! Xx
This is great. Thanks Ella. I love that you work mainly with materials and then use Photoshop when you need to. There seems to be so much emphasis on working digitally but I love my materials so much. This series of posts about your book is helping me keep the faith. Xxx