MatildaHere is paper artist Jayme McGowan at work illustrating her favorite Roald Dahl books.Why Dahl?:I wanted to do a series of pieces based on favorite books from my childhood, choosing just one author to narrow the theme. I picked books that I would enjoy re-reading now, as an adult, and Roald Dahl was the natural choice. I’ve always loved his dark humor, and the images his writing creates in my mind are so vivid — I knew they’d be fun to illustrate. Picking just five was tough, but I settled on Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,Fantastic Mr. Fox, The BFG and, of course, James and the Giant...
Librarians & Teachers Can Save Lives
"Librarians and teachers are the only reason I'm not in prison right now", explains illustrator William Joyce. When he was in the fourth grade, Joyce wrote and illustrated his first book in green crayon about the magical superpowers of the contents of his elementary school hero's nose. He soon found himself hauled off to the principal's office to be reprimanded. Since then, Joyce has written and illustrated more than fifty children's books, including Santa Calls, Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, and The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Most recently Moonbot Studios,...
The typographic soup of Fiodor Sumkin
Whose gonna eat my soup?Illustrator Fiodor Sumkin clearly demonstrates a strong background in typography and graphic design. The piece above was inspired by the Gnarls Barkley's (think Cee-Lo) song "Who's Gonna Save My Soul."The blue-colored wood type font that creates the reading material which accompanies each image of the woman presents a strong, powerful contrast to the surrounding more classic calligraphy. The more I look at it the cooler it gets.Sumkin also is responsible for this typographic pig that appeared in Cooking Light magazine. and thisand this one which appeared in the Russian version of Esquirebook casebook case 2More of Sumkin's work...
Into the Wonderland of Books
Here is a sampling of Charles Santoso's series of illustrations, Into the Wonderland of Books, that were created for the Kinokuniya Bookstore in Sydney, Australia. The images were used in their holiday catalog and where also used for window and interior displays.See the entire series here
Some book love from Inkygirl
'Inkygirl: An illustrated guide for those who write and draw for young people' is the home for the comics and literary-themed illustrations of Debbie Ridpath Ohi.Though mostly packed with comics and illustrations for the writer set there are many that cater to the bibliophile. From the spineless library crook above to the relationship ruined by a damaged book below Ohi cleverly illuminates some of the quirkier elements of book love.Ohi's first book of illustrations, I'M BORED by Michael Ian Black, was recently published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young ReadersSo much more over at Inkygirl