Give us a story there, love!
With my book, I hope everybody will enjoy telling a "story". That could mean just about anything, including historical fiction, tall tale, family saga, made up myth, or decorate the page with pictograms or hieroglyphics; whatever strikes your fancy!
Initially, I started with a straightforward landscape sketch. It felt a bit fantastical or other-worldly to me (hence the "fairy tale" lettering), but a bit boring. So, I took it into school and one of my students said I should "weird it up" by putting some of my halmark creatures around the border. I liked the idea, and dove right in. . . and about 8 billion hours later, I finally completed the pages. Poor Lydia is getting it a wee late, but I hope to smooth things over with her by providing a kiln favor or two for her class. ;) In this photo, the border needs finishing, but you get the gist.
1 comment:
Angela,I was waiting to see your piece - there is something in your visual expression that really gets to me - and here it is again. This piece is totally fun - reminds me of a legendary czech comics - The Great Adventure of Vlas and Brada drawn by an artist Frantisek Skala - need to send some scanned pages from it - your book sounds like an adventure - looking forward much!
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