On June 15th-June 29th you can view how many different ways good old Red can be depicted by current and previous students of the Picture Book Illustrating course. The opening reception will be on Jun. 15th at 2:00pm at the Granville Island campus.
Below are the two pieces that I will be showing. They are both digital "linocuts". Yup, that's what I'm calling them. I've been creating digital works recently using the same reductive methods that I use in printmaking. There's the huge advantage of the "undo" button though and that's why a well cut and printed traditional linocut will carry more weight with me. What do you think about the merging of the technologies?
Hi, can i ask you something? You seem to know a lot about children books and illustrations. The thing is, I’m looking for children books with “scary” animal illustrations like the big bad wolf (or a fox) eating pigs (or seven kids or Red Riding hood or birds in Chicken Little) or being pictured with a fat stomach. Could be any other animal as well. I need it for my research. Any sort of help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteHi Reese,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting! I can't think of any books off the top of my head that actually have scary illustrations like you describe but I have seen that European children's books take a darker look at things. I've been told that my illustrations are a bit too dark too but I enjoy them. You could also check out the DeviantArt site for some alternative illustration. Hope that helps.
http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.ca/2010/09/benjamin-lacombes-beautifully.html
ReplyDeleteThis post features a wonderful set of pop-up illustrations of classic stories.