Friday, 1 January 2016

'Working for an Audience' - Unit 12 - Artist Research [for sketchbook]

(Secondary Research)
'Horrid Henry' is a children's book series created by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross. The first Horrid Henry book was written and published in 1994 by Orion Books and as of July 2013, there have been twenty-four titles published, as well as many other collections, activity books and joke books.'
(from:https://www.google.co.uk/#q=who+illustrated+horrid+henry+books)



(Primary Research)
'The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales'
by Jon Scieszka was and illustrated by Lane Smith, who has written and illustrated a bunch of stuff including Grandpa Green which was a 2012 Caldecott Honor book and It’s a Book which has been translated into over twenty five languages. Other works include the national bestsellers Madam President and John, Paul, George & Ben. His titles with Jon Scieszka include the Caldecott Honor winner The Stinky Cheese Man; The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs; Math Curse; and Science Verse among others. He has also illustrated Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! by Dr. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky; The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders; Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea; and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. In 1996 Lane served as Conceptual Designer on the Disney film version of James and the
Giant Peach as well.

His books have been New York Times Best Illustrated Books on four occasions. In 2012 The Eric Carle Museum named him an Honor Artist for “lifelong innovation in the field of children's books.” In 2014 he received the Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement award.'
(from:http://www.lanesmithbooks.com/LaneSmithBooks/Bio.html)


'The Velveteen Rabbit'
 by Margery Williams was illustrated by 'Robyn Officer',
who is a published illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Robyn Officer include The Classic 'Mother Goose', 'Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales', 'Treasury of Children's Poetry', and 'Christmas Treasury for Children'.


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These are all primary photographs that I took myself of my own books and used as research.

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