On friday we had Deirdre Mcdermott from Walker Books come in to talk to us about her job as a picture book publisher. It was interesting to listen to her discuss her journey to becoming a publisher. Deirdre spoke a lot about her relationships with the editor and the illustrators, and how they all work along side each other to produce internationally loved books. Wheres Wally, Owl Babies and Maisy are just some of their most popular books. Below are some examples of my favourite illustrators that she spoke about.
Oliver Jeffers
I remember stumbling across Oliver Jeffers whilst doing research on children's illustration for our narrative project in second year. I like his use of negative space and how it is a continued theme throughout his work.
Chris Haughton
The black and white image above is a preliminary mock up of a page from his new book "Shh We Have a Plan". I prefer the paper versions to the digital versions, as i'm not very keen on his use of colour and how the collages are lost through editing. However I found the black and white paper collage quite useful when taking my own way of working into consideration.
Jon Klassen
I really really like Jon Klassen's work. His choice of colours work very well, I like how his characters have a collage-y look to them, especially the under water scene. I have found his creation of characters quite inspiring.
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